IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU writer/director Mary Bronstein

The Movies That Made Me

SpectreVision Radio

Tv & Film, Film History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Mary Bronstein discusses a few of her favorite formative films with Josh Olson. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode If You Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025) Repulsion (1965) Antichrist (2009) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Taxi Driver (1976) Marty Supreme (2025) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) Shampoo (1975) The Matrix (1999) The Blair Witch Project (1999) Splendor in the Grass (1961) Wanda (1971) Rules Don’t Apply (2016) Gypsy (1962) West Side Story (1961) Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) The Hot Rock (1972) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) East of Eden (1955) Rebel Without A Cause (1955) Bus Stop (1956) Thelma and Louise (1991) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Conan O’Brien A$AP Rocky TFH Guru Illeana Douglas’ Connecticut in the Movies book (2023) NYU Blockbuster Video PBS Turner Classic Movies The Video Archives rental shop in Manhattan Beach, CA and later Hermosa Beach, CA Quentin Tarantino Kim’s Video shop in NYC Warren Beatty Faye Dunaway Arthur Penn French New Wave Jean Luc Godard Natalie Wood Barbara Loden Eliah Kazan Ella Beatty Howard Hughes Ethel Merman Rosalind Russell Steve McQueen Robert Redford Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Betty Davis Joan Crawford The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92) The Academy Awards James Dean Raymond Massey East of Eden novel by John Steinbeck (1952) Nicholas Ray Rose Byrne Marilyn Monroe Lee Strasberg The Actor’s Studio Ridley Scott Callie Khouri Brad Pitt This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.3	Price and participation may vary, subject to availability.
0:27.3	This is truth. This is The Movies That Made Me with your hosts, Josh Olson and Joe Dante. I don't know if anybody, what do you say this for the end.
1:08.4	Always wait to alienate the guest after you finish the body.
1:13.0	Is this a movie?
1:14.6	When people come up to you and say, because I'm sure they do, because I said they ever,
1:18.7	I loved your movie.
1:21.3	They do say that.
1:22.4	And I think what they, I think what they mean by that is, you know, so it's not, it's definitely not a feel-good romp
1:30.0	or whatever.
1:32.7	We could say that.
1:34.3	But I think, but people do say that.
1:36.2	And I think what they mean is that they, is that they loved the experience that they had
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