#354: With Friends Like These, Pt. 1 — The Last of Sheila

The Next Picture Show

Filmspotting

Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

While in the midst of filming the new GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, Rian Johnson expressed open admiration for one of the film's inspiration points, Herbert Ross’ 1973 whodunnit THE LAST OF SHEILA, a film which in turn displays open contempt for its characters and the contemporary Hollywood scene they embody. This week we set sail with THE LAST OF SHEILA’S noxious friend group and observe the games they are compelled to play, to deduce what co-writers Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins were attempting to unearth with this Hollywood satire-by-way-of-murder-mystery. Plus, our recent BADLANDS episode prompts a listener question about movies we hate by filmmakers we love, in Feedback. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about THE LAST OF SHEILA, GLASS ONION, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Outro music: “Company,” Original Broadway Cast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:34.6	You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
0:41.9	We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.
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0:53.9	and how it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
0:56.4	I'm Keith Phipps here with Tasha Robinson, Scott Tobias, and Genevieve Koski.
1:01.6	Given the movies we're covering this week, I feel like each of you should be given a more elaborate introduction that use cinematic shorthand to establish your characters.
1:09.0	But this is an audio medium, and I suspect our listeners have figured out who we are by now.
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1:17.3	I hope.
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1:20.5	This is the busy season.
1:21.5	I already feel like I'm half dead.
1:23.3	But there's not a real big mystery there.
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1:27.6	idea who, who did me in? Or will you? You'll think you do. But then there'll be an incredibly
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