Episode 676: Frenzy (1972)

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

4.6 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Ian Cooper and Rebecca McCallum join Mike to discuss one of Alfred Hitchcock’s later works and his final British film, Frenzy (1972). The film stars Jon Finch as Richard Blaney and Barry Foster as Robert Rusk. They’re a couple of blokes in a Swinging London that is plagued by a murderer of women, the Necktie Murderer.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.1	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:26.9	Turn it off.
0:31.5	I am about to introduce you to a lady in a frenzy.
0:45.3	My God, the time!
0:48.3	The dictionary defines frenzy as a state of wild emotional excitement.
0:58.2	I will not quarrel with the dictionary.
1:00.6	Actually, the motion picture of frenzy is unique in its choice of a murder weapon.
1:06.4	The murderer uses neckties to strangle his pretty lady victims.
1:11.7	As you might expect, Scotland Yard finds itself tied in knots.
1:17.5	The dictionary tells us that it is possible to frenzy a person.
1:22.2	We hope to frenzy you in our little exercise in love and strangulation. Oh yes, frenzy is rated R, under 17,
1:33.1	not admitted without parents. Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White.
1:40.6	Joining me as Mr. Ian Cooper. Hi, Mike. I'm positively glutinous, self-approbation.
1:46.6	Also joining us as Ms. Rebecca McCallum.
1:49.5	What about coming up, then?
1:51.4	This week, we are discussing one of Alfred Hitchcock's later works and his final British film, Frenzy.
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