The Crying Game (BFI #26)

"Jordan's wonderful film does what Hitchcock's PSYCHO, a very different film, also did: It involves us deeply in its story, and then reveals the the story is really about something else altogether. We may have been fooled, but so was the hero, and as the plot reveals itself we find ourselves identifying more and more with him.: Roger Ebert goes to bat for a classic that both of our host can actually agree on. But with one host watching this for the third time and another on a first time watch, will they actually meet in the middle? Another issue we take a look at is, given when THE CRYING GAME was created, does it hold up in a woke world of 2021, or does it go down the path of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and get the terrifying moniker of “problematic?” We talk sweet romances, the desire for a world without international terrorists, oh and thinking about cricket while having sex. We swear it makes sense. Kind of. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/Spotify Twitter @offscreendeath Instagram @theoffscreendeath Letterboxd: @daveagiannini and @projectingfilm Artwork by Nathan Thomas Milliner Music by Joplin Rice Find out more at https://offscreendeath.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.