80'S GRAB BAG: Fatal Attraction (1987)
“I’m not gonna be ignored, Dan…”
CONTENT WARNING: From 37:33-38:22, discussion of sexual assault and torture of a minor with respect to a fictional character. Also, discussion of infidelity, obsessive behavior, psychopathy, mental illness, murder, animal cruelty, suicide, drowning, strangulation, sexism, mental health stigma.
1987’s movie is truly one of the greatest movies ever made about infidelity. This wasn’t just a run-of-the-mill thriller - for many, this was a wake-up call. True, the movie takes things to extremes, but there’s layers of meaning and thought in this film. That’s mostly due to an outstanding cast, with Michael Douglas finding all the subtleties in being an asshole and Glenn Close giving one of her best-ever performances. The only thing holding the movie back is its 1987 attitude toward mental illness and sexual politics. Nevertheless, this movie is still one hell of a thriller that manages to ask a lot of questions with no easy answers. Check to make sure all your bunnies are in their pens as we watch Fatal Attraction this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive..
Excerpt taken from “Fatal Attraction” from the soundtrack to the movie Fatal Attraction, written and composed by Maurice Jarre. Copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Excerpt taken from the movie Fatal Attraction, copyright 1987 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from “Let the River Run” from the soundtrack to the movie Working Girl, written and performed by Carly Simon. Copyright 1988 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Excerpt taken from “Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl” from the TV show Bob’s Burgers. Copyright 2011, 2014 Fox and its related entities. All rights reserved.
