Dressed to Kill - S14 E109
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Welcome back to Shoot the Hostage! We are three episodes deep into Dan’s Identity season, and things are getting… well, icky. This week, we’re tackling Brian De Palma’s 1980 classic/controversy magnet, Dressed to Kill.
Retroactively functioning as a best of De Palma, this film features many of the hallmarks you would expect from the director – voyeurism, shower scenes, and enough split diopter shots to make you feel like your eyeballs are watching separate movies.
Join us as we unpack this 80s slasher-adjacent thriller. We discuss why Nancy Allen deserved better than a Razzy nomination, and how Angie Dickinson proves that being nearly 50 is the new 21. We also dive into the character identities and why the twist is about as subtle as a brick to the face. Plus, we explore why watching movies on Tubi means being interrupted by Danica Patrick trying to sell us car insurance.
What to expect from this episode:
- Why Brian De Palma is basically a giant pervert with a very expensive camera.
- Dan’s “bonfire of opinions” regarding the 10-minute dialogue-free art gallery scene.
- A breakdown of why a binary calculator that only holds 20 numbers is the worst invention ever.
- Sarah’s internal struggle between Michael Caine being a “Tory” and being a “Great.”
- A dive into 80s slasher tropes and why this is basically Psycho with more pubic hair.
- The mystery of whose leg is on the movie poster.
- A completely unsolicited but necessary tangent about Andrew MacCarthy and the movie Mannequin.
- Our attempts to sensitively navigate this films “Wild West” approach to transgender representation.
- Why Nancy Allen kicking a bloke in the balls is the peak of her filmography.
This season has eight episodes, concluding April 27th
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