The Naschycast returns for
October! Barely. And we work diligently to NOT spoil this film for newcomers!
THE CORRUPTION OF CHRIS
MILLER (1973) is one of the most overlooked and least talked about of the Spanish
horror films of the 1970’s. In a way this is good because its rarity leaves its
many secrets and revelations unknown to modern viewers. There’s a good debate
to be had about how the film should be labeled. Is it a thriller or a horror
film? Often the line between those two symbiotic genres can be teased apart but
I think this film straddles the fence right up until the mid-point farmhouse set-piece.
That is a sequence that is sure to impress even the most jaded of horror fans! Mark
this film down as another precursor of the slasher genre.
We start off this show with
some news and a sad goodbye to a good friend and contributor to the podcast. As
stated, Troy and I do our best to not spoil the many third act disclosures that
twist this amazingly well written thriller into new and wholly unexpected
shapes. We talk a little about the three actors at the center of this pressure
cooker drama with some attention to the earlier careers of the two female
leads. Jean Seberg is a screen legend with a dozen films on her resume that
would be the highlight of any actor’s life. The lovely Marisol is great here
but it’s fascinating to learn of her very successful music career as a young
woman. And we speculate that Barry Stokes may have been asked by a British
director to essentially play exactly the same role he does here in a later
film. I’d love to find out how much this movie influenced that 1977 picture. We
marvel over the fine direction and cinematography, the sharp dialog and nuanced
characters as we strain to keep from discussing the end of the story. It is not
easy!
If you have any thoughts
about THE CORRUPTION OF CHRIS MILLER or anything else we discuss in this
episode please drop us a line at naschycast@gmail.com
and we’ll include them in the next episode. Thank you for listening and we’ll talk
to you again soon.
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