The Final Picture Show Podcast Ep 41: A Boy and his Dog (1975)

Looking around the house, Hidden behind the window and the door, Searching for signs of life But there's only a boy and his misogynist dog and it’s good. Tonight we talk about another heavy hitter A Boy and his Dog. We dive into the coke mound that was the 70s and learn about the Aldi’s Sam Elliot, the eclectic soundtrack of 1975, SAM F—— PECKINPAH, experience tracking & VHS artifacting on modern streaming services, and explain the equally problematic and influential: Harlan Ellison. Additionally we try and read some logic into this dated movie that seemed to rub people the wrong way then and now. It is a fun time.Thanks for watching.Intro song is from the film Six String Samurai performed by Red Elvises Outro song is It’s the End of the World as We Know it by R.E..M from the album Pickin’ on REM: the Bluegrass TributeNext week we look at animated apocalyptic classic When the Wind Blows from the director of equally classic Heavy Metal