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The discussion continues between The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante and Eddington writer/director Ari Aster.
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Movies Referenced In This Episode
Barry Lyndon (1976)
Lolita (1962)
Lolita (1997)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Real Life (1979)
Mother (1996)
High Anxiety (1977)
Silent Movie (1976)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Elephant Man (1981)
Robocop (1987)
Flesh + Blood (1985)
The Fourth Man (1983)
Soldier of Orange (1977)
Turkish Delight (1973)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Infested (2002)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Total Recall (1990)
Showgirls (1995)
Hollow Man (2000)
Black Book (2006)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Straw Dogs (1974)
Audition (1999)
Ichi The Killer (2001)
Gozu (2003)
Devils On The Doorstep (2000)
Twentynine Palms (2003)
Zabriskie Point (1970)
Looking For Mr Goodbar (1977)
Fat Girl (2001)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Walkabout (1971)
Psycho (1960)
Vertigo (1958)
A History of Violence (2005)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Imitation of Life (1959)
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982)
Written on the Wind (1956)
There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
The Butcher Boy (1997)
The Heart of the World (2000)
Rumours (2024)
Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)
Daisies (1966)
The Cremator (1969)
Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
World of Glory (1991)
Songs From The Second Floor (2000)
A Swedish Love Story (1970)
Playtime (1967)
Billy’s Balloon (1998)
World of Tomorrow (2015)
Elephant (1989)
Eddington (2025)
Matinee (1993)
Other Notable Items
Our Patreon!
Our pals at Movies Unlimited
The Hollywood Food Coalition
Marx Brothers
Woody Allen
Albert Brooks
Stanley Kubrick
Mel Brooks
Coen BrothersBruce Jay Friedman
James Mason
Lolita novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)
Adrian Lyne
Peter Sellers
Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )
Carl Reiner
David Lynch
Paul Verhoeven
Casper Van Dien
Michael Douglas
Takashi Miike
Bruno Dumont
Michelangelo Antonioni
Vinegar Syndrome
Diane Keaton
Catherine Breillat
Alfred Hitchcock
David Cronenberg
Pedro Almodovar
Douglas Sirk
Terrence Malick
Roy Andersson
Jacques Tati
Spike Lee
Nicolas Roeg
The Criterion Collection
Russ Meyer
Daniel Clowes
Steven Spielberg
Brian De Palma
Robert Altman
Andrei Tarkovsky
Peter Greenaway
Rembrandt
Sacha Vierny
Dallas TV series (1978-91)
Dynasty TV series (1981-89)
Fred MacMurray
Eamonn Owens
Neil Jordan
The Butcher Boy novel by Patrick McCabe (1992)
Guy Maddin
Evan Johnson
Sergei Eisenstein
The Toronto International Film Festival
Our Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode
Jan Švankmajer
The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson (1979-1995)
Don Hertzfeldt
Alan Clarke
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