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Wanda (1970; Dir.: Barbara Loden)
Canon Fodder Episode 19
On this episode, your hosts Wanda, Wanda who, who-oo-ooh, who, who wrote the book of love. Probably not Barbara Loden, who struck the mother Loden of bleakly pathetic romances with her groundbreaking and brilliant 1970 film Wanda. But will Corky and Daniel succumb to their Wanda-lust, or is their something wrong with their Wanda-vision?
WANDA FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #48 (tied)
Venice Film Festival premiere: Sept. 1, 1970
IMDB synopsis: “Wanda, a lonely housewife, drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Theatrical trailer for Wanda (1970)
Wanda wanders
Holy Land U.S.A. sequence
Barbara Loden promotes the film on The Dick Cavett Show
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
In the Mood for Love (2000; Dir.: Wong Kar-Wai)
IMDB synopsis: “Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.”
Our review of In the Mood for Love comes out on August 13!
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