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The Projection Booth Podcast

Episode 462: Third Part of the Night (1970) / The Devil (1972)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8686 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

We continue Polish Month with a look at two films from Andrzej Żuławski. First up is his feature debut, Third Part of the Night (1970) which is a horror thriller regarding lice, the apocalypse, and doubles. We also discuss The Devil (1972) in which a man jailed for regicide is freed, given a straight razor, and pointed to all the people he feels have betrayed him.

Samm Deighan and Rondo-Award Winner Kat Ellinger join Mike to discuss these early works in Andrzej Żuławski's filmography.
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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:04.5

Christopher Media. Let's make some noise. The

0:23.6

The The Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White. Back in the booth is Ms. Sam Deegan.

1:05.5

Hello. Also joining us is Ms. Kat Ellinger. Hello.

1:10.2

This is what we call a two-fer, ladies and gentlemen.

1:12.7

We're going to be discussing two films by Andrei Shulowski, third part of the night, and The Devil.

1:18.5

First up, third part of the night, which stars Leshak Talashinsky.

1:22.9

Thank you.

1:23.6

As Mikal, a man whose family is wiped out at the beginning of the film, putting him on the path of becoming a secret agent, as well as the subject in a creation of a vaccine for typhus.

1:34.9

Again, this is a Zulovsky film, so my spoiler warning really doesn't apply here. Anything we say might actually help elucidate this somewhat cryptic film.

1:44.8

So there.

1:45.5

So, Kat, when was the first time you saw a third part of the night?

1:48.6

And what did you think, ma'am?

1:50.7

This was like down to our friends at second run DVD, because they put out a lovely DVD release of it.

1:58.3

It's just fucking bonkers.

2:00.2

I love it.

2:03.5

And it seemed to consistently talk about it.

2:10.4

You know, like we've been doing all the Chack films, like The Fifth Horseman is Fear and, you know, the more surreal Chack films. It seems to come up, even though it's a Polish film, always seems to come up in

2:15.4

those conversations.

2:20.3

I'm not going to say I immediately got the film.

2:25.3

It took a few watches and I'm not sure I completely understand it now,

2:31.3

even after we've already podcasted on it and I'm writing a book on Shwowski.

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