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Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White.

Joining me once again is Ms. Jordan Blossie.

Hello.

Also joining us is Ms. Roxy MacDonald.

Hi there.

This week we're discussing Barbara Loden's Wanda.

Released in 1970, the film was written by stars and was directed by Loden.

It's the personal story of a woman at Witt's Ends who seems adrift in her own life.

I'm sure we can spoil this movie, but listen at your own risk.

If you think that we're going to spoil it, just turn it off and go ahead and watch the movie.

And then come on back.

We will still be here as we try to unravel this film.

So, Jordan, when was the first time you saw Wanda?

And what did you think?

It was the summer of 2015.

I just graduated from high school, and I was watching a lot of Turner Classic movies.

I recorded at least 90 titles that summer.

And that was the same summer that your friend Richard Edwards was teaching his Summer of Darkness film noir course on TCM through a Ball State University.

So I was watching a lot of film

noir that summer too. I had heard of Wanda a few years prior. I believe it was during a Wikipedia

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