Episode 297 - Cujo
From Uncut Gems Podcast · 02:49:09
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In this episode of the show we are beginning a brand new month (and season) in our journey through the 80s. We are embarking on what looks like three months of dark, brooding, gritty and somber cinema and we begin this operation with a whole month of Stephen King adaptations from the 1980s. So, we start with the 1983 Cujo. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us talk about how Cujo became a symbol and how it used a simple what-if conceit to generate horror, how Stephen King wasn't quite aware of having written the book because of his drinking problem at the time and how the concept of the movie worked as a play on Jaws. We also debate if the quotidian setup of regular life disrupted by a random act of horror is working as intended or not, if the marital drama depicted in the film requires resolutions at all and how overwhelmingly frightening it is to imagine man's best friend turned into a killing machine. Tune in and enjoy!Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy BurrowsHead over to uncutgemspodcast.com to find all of our archival episodes and more!Follow us on Twitter (@UncutGemsPod), IG (@UncutGemsPod) and Facebook (@UncutGemsPod)Buy us a coffee over at Ko-Fi.com (ko-fi.com/uncutgemspod)Subscribe to our Patreon! (patreon.com/uncutgemspod)
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