In the Cut (2003)

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Susanna Moore: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Susanna Moore ⇒ In the Cut (the host's read). Campion had been developing the film since the mid-90s, when she read Moore's novel.
    “Campion had been working on this movie since the mid 90s when she read Susanna Moore's novel, which came out in 95.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:24:44 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Jane Campion: 4 lines theme ×2 programming ×1 industry ×1

  1. theme (theme): Jane Campion → In the Cut. Female filmmakers like Campion try to give actresses something different, and the reaction is weird.
    “these female filmmakers who are like, you know, really trying to go for something different, really trying to give actresses something else to do”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:18:23 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)

Nicole Kidman: 3 lines what-if ×1 contrast ×1 industry ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → In the Cut. Kidman is a harder-edged performer; Ryan's naturalism suits the stylized movie better.
    “Nicole Kidman is like a harder edged performer.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:28:22 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)

Basic Instinct: 2 lines contrast ×1 craft ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Basic Instinct → In the Cut. Every sex scene in Basic Instinct carries the threat of murder; In the Cut's are intimate and real.
    “But the undertone of every sex scene or basic instinct is, is she about to murder him?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:14:55 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)

Basic Instinct 2: 2 lines industry ×1 theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Basic Instinct 2 → In the Cut. Backlash to Basic Instinct 2 was far stronger than to an action sequel, showing the punishment of bad sexy movies.
    “the backlash to that was so much stronger than like a backlash to an action movie sequel”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:03:15 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)

Collateral: 2 lines career ×1 craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): In the Cut → Collateral. The speaker notes In the Cut was shot by Dion Beebe, the cinematographer of Collateral, and praises how it looks.
    “Love how it looks. This film shot by Dion Bebe, by the way. one of the heroes of the 2000s of Chocolateral.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:24:17 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (unclear) (0.40 sure it was them)

Seven: 2 lines craft ×2

  1. craft (craft): In the Cut → Seven. The opening glimpse of the bar murder is shot like the dead-body reveals in Seven.
    “But this is shot like anytime they show up and see the new dead body in seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:44:06 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Unfaithful: 2 lines contrast ×1 programming ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): In the Cut → Unfaithful. Unfaithful, from the year before, is a classic male-gazy erotic thriller; In the Cut is a woman's-perspective one.
    “Classic erotic thriller, very male gazy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:13:10 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)

Bella: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Bella → In the Cut. Bella's weak TIFF audience award shows winning there meant little, but In the Cut would have deserved it.
    “The only reason I remember Bella is because Bella's entire marketing campaign was here are 15 other movies that won the audience award at Toronto.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:37:12 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Bright Star: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): In the Cut → Bright Star. Next week's Campion miniseries episode is Bright Star.
    “Tune in next week or Bright Star.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:09:11 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Christina Newland: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Christina Newland → In the Cut. Newland's book has an In the Cut essay, one of the few published defenses before the reclamation.
    “There's a pro in the cut essay in that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:38:55 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)

Color of Night: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Color of Night → In the Cut. Male-star sexy flops like Color of Night got the same backlash, but In the Cut is a woman's perspective.
    “it's happened with male stars, like color of night”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:03:40 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Demonlover: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): In the Cut → Demonlover. Demonlover is the kind of film In the Cut is, admirable energy but hard to love, and very Ben Hosley.
    “there's like Demon Lover, which is a movie that, that's sort of like an in the cut kind of thing”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:58:42 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Destroyer: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Destroyer → In the Cut. Kidman's rejected turn in Destroyer is compared to Ryan's rejected turn: an actress doing what nobody expected or wanted.
    “I feel like the Destroyer situation is similar to the Meg Ryan situation with this”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:28:56 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)

Francis Bacon: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Francis Bacon → In the Cut. The film's color palette is compared to a Francis Bacon painting.
    “Like it has like the color palette of a Francis Bacon painting and the weird shallow focus and the jagged editing and all these things.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:30:04 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Harvey Weinstein: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Harvey Weinstein → In the Cut. Weinstein was involved for a while, then dropped out.
    “Harvey's involved for a while and then drops out because he's insane and awful.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:26:00 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Hollow Man: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): In the Cut → Hollow Man. The DVD box set pairing In the Cut with Hollow Man, Flatliners, Abandon and Trapped is called a blank-checky set.
    “It is a weirdly blank checky box set.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:51:40 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Holly Hunter: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Holly Hunter → In the Cut. Holly Hunter could have played the lead, though it would have been an art house release.
    “I would honestly say that like, Holly Hunter could have done it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:30:49 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)

Hulk: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): In the Cut → Hulk. Both were 2003 films that were derided on release; Hulk is called David's derided film of the year.
    “It was your derided film of 2000.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:09:37 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Jennifer Jason Lee: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Jennifer Jason Lee → In the Cut. Jennifer Jason Lee in the lead would also have been accepted, as an art house movie.
    “And by the way, I think they would have gotten it with Jennifer Jason Lee.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:27:33 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): In the Cut → Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. 2003 was crowded: Lord of the Rings, Lost in Translation, Kill Bill, Finding Nemo and more.
    “because that's the year, obviously, of like Lord of the Rings.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:34:30 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Manohla Dargus: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Manohla Dargus → In the Cut. Dargus called it the best messy movie of the year.
    “Manola Dargus wrote a review where she was like, it's kind of the best messy movie of the year.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:33:04 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Meg Ryan: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): In the Cut → Meg Ryan. The silent-film flashbacks are Ryan's romcom fantasy, an impossible ideal.
    “This is like a fucking fantasy that they grew up on that I think Meg Ryan has spent her life hoping she could replicate in her life that she could experience a Meg Ryan movie plot, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:32:44 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Mickey Rourke: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Mickey Rourke → In the Cut. Per unsourced IMDb trivia, Kidman vetoed Rourke for a supporting role.
    “However, his involvement was allegedly vetoed by Nicole Kidman on the strength of Rourke's wild reputation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:41:23 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Pathe: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Pathe → In the Cut. With Weinstein out, Pathe ended up funding the whole film.
    “So they drop out and Pathay ended up funding the entire phone.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:26:12 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Paul Verhoeven: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): In the Cut → Paul Verhoeven. The box set mixes a Campion, a Verhoeven, a Schumacher and an Aja.
    “It's just wild that it's a campion, a Verhoven, a Schumacher, a fucking Agoya.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:52:19 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Raisin Tori: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Raisin Tori → In the Cut. A friend of the podcast worked in the art department as an intern PA and reports Campion's 300-page look book drew on art of many kinds rather than other movies' shots.
    “worked on this movie as like a uh, intern, uh, PA in the art department. Yeah, and said like she had like a fucking 300 page look book for this movie, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:01:35 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (unclear) (0.40 sure it was them)

Scary Movie 3: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Scary Movie 3 → In the Cut. Scary Movie 3 topped the box office the weekend In the Cut opened wide.
    “So number one at the box office one in the cut is tanking is a parody film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:43:23 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Sex and the City (TV series): 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): In the Cut → Sex and the City (TV series). Between Seinfeld and Sex and the City the public's idea of New York changed, so the film's grimy New York looked fake to 2003 audiences.
    “The public's idea of New York radically changes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:46:17 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Showgirls: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): In the Cut → Showgirls. Bad sexy movies like Showgirls get punished harder than bad action sequels.
    “Showgirls, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:03:30 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Sideways: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): In the Cut → Sideways. Sideways, the following year, was a TIFF launch; In the Cut was not.
    “Because the following year is sideways.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:35:27 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Slavoj Zizek: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Slavoj Zizek → In the Cut. Zizek discussed it favorably in The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, an early instance of reclamation.
    “was among the films discussed favorably by Slavo Zijak in the pervert's guide to cinema.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:39:57 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Solaris: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): In the Cut → Solaris. Solaris is offered as another film given an F CinemaScore because it was marketed as something else.
    “Come down to 2000 screens. Solaris.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:32:28 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Susanna Moore: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Susanna Moore → In the Cut. Campion had been developing the film since the mid-90s, when she read Moore's novel.
    “Campion had been working on this movie since the mid 90s when she read Susanna Moore's novel, which came out in 95.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:24:44 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Swimming Pool: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): In the Cut → Swimming Pool. Swimming Pool is the only other notable erotic thriller of 2003.
    “the only other one in 2003 of any note is the French movie swimming pool, which is a pretty good movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:13:49 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

The Matrix Reloaded: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): In the Cut → The Matrix Reloaded. On Jourdain's 2003 ranking In the Cut sits next to the Matrix sequels.
    “Master and Commander, Matrix reloaded Matrix revolutions in the cut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:56:42 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)

The Piano: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): In the Cut → The Piano. The hosts note Campion's earlier film The Piano has been covered already in the miniseries.
    “It's also funny now that the piano is behind us and we're covering in the cut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:07:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): In the Cut → Collateral. After his illness, In the Cut was Ruffalo's comeback and led to a run of supporting turns in Eternal Sunshine and Collateral.
    “like in the cut, eternal sunshine collateral.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:38:41 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

contrast (4)

  1. contrast (contrast): In the Cut → Unfaithful. Unfaithful, from the year before, is a classic male-gazy erotic thriller; In the Cut is a woman's-perspective one.
    “Classic erotic thriller, very male gazy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:13:10 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → In the Cut. Kidman is a harder-edged performer; Ryan's naturalism suits the stylized movie better.
    “Nicole Kidman is like a harder edged performer.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:28:22 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Basic Instinct → In the Cut. Every sex scene in Basic Instinct carries the threat of murder; In the Cut's are intimate and real.
    “But the undertone of every sex scene or basic instinct is, is she about to murder him?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:14:55 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Color of Night → In the Cut. Male-star sexy flops like Color of Night got the same backlash, but In the Cut is a woman's perspective.
    “it's happened with male stars, like color of night”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:03:40 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

craft (6)

  1. craft (craft): In the Cut → Seven. Despite its star, the film keeps a Se7en-like visual style.
    “Because the movie still does have vaguely 7-S aesthetics.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:29:59 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Francis Bacon → In the Cut. The film's color palette is compared to a Francis Bacon painting.
    “Like it has like the color palette of a Francis Bacon painting and the weird shallow focus and the jagged editing and all these things.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:30:04 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): In the Cut → Seven. The opening glimpse of the bar murder is shot like the dead-body reveals in Seven.
    “But this is shot like anytime they show up and see the new dead body in seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:44:06 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Raisin Tori → In the Cut. A friend of the podcast worked in the art department as an intern PA and reports Campion's 300-page look book drew on art of many kinds rather than other movies' shots.
    “worked on this movie as like a uh, intern, uh, PA in the art department. Yeah, and said like she had like a fucking 300 page look book for this movie, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:01:35 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (unclear) (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): In the Cut → Basic Instinct. In the Cut's sex scenes are very intimate and real, unlike Basic Instinct's.
    “The sex is very intimate and real.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:15:22 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): In the Cut → Collateral. The speaker notes In the Cut was shot by Dion Beebe, the cinematographer of Collateral, and praises how it looks.
    “Love how it looks. This film shot by Dion Bebe, by the way. one of the heroes of the 2000s of Chocolateral.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:24:17 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (unclear) (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (7)

  1. industry (industry): Basic Instinct 2 → In the Cut. Basic Instinct 2 is cited as a later attempt to put the erotic thriller back in the microwave.
    “you have big basic instinct too, which is sort of this like, hey, can we like, you know, put this back in the microwave”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:14:16 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Harvey Weinstein → In the Cut. Weinstein was involved for a while, then dropped out.
    “Harvey's involved for a while and then drops out because he's insane and awful.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:26:00 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Pathe → In the Cut. With Weinstein out, Pathe ended up funding the whole film.
    “So they drop out and Pathay ended up funding the entire phone.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:26:12 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Bella → In the Cut. Bella's weak TIFF audience award shows winning there meant little, but In the Cut would have deserved it.
    “The only reason I remember Bella is because Bella's entire marketing campaign was here are 15 other movies that won the audience award at Toronto.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:37:12 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): Jane Campion → In the Cut. Campion describes a wall of male critics, the corduroy wall, who set the tone for extreme films.
    “The 1st ring of reviewers in America are always men.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:42:02 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. industry (industry): Scary Movie 3 → In the Cut. Scary Movie 3 topped the box office the weekend In the Cut opened wide.
    “So number one at the box office one in the cut is tanking is a parody film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:43:23 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. industry (industry): In the Cut → Nicole Kidman. Kidman's Amazon deal to bring back erotic thrillers has produced no films.
    “Nicole Kidman signed this big deal with Amazon about like, I want to bring erotic thrillers back.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:07:26 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Susanna Moore → In the Cut. Campion had been developing the film since the mid-90s, when she read Moore's novel.
    “Campion had been working on this movie since the mid 90s when she read Susanna Moore's novel, which came out in 95.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:24:44 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): In the Cut → The Piano. The hosts note Campion's earlier film The Piano has been covered already in the miniseries.
    “It's also funny now that the piano is behind us and we're covering in the cut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:07:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

programming (9)

  1. programming (programming): Jane Campion → In the Cut. Today's episode of the Campion miniseries; the piano is behind them and In the Cut is next.
    “It's also funny now that the piano is behind us and we're covering in the cut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:07:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): In the Cut → Hulk. Both were 2003 films that were derided on release; Hulk is called David's derided film of the year.
    “It was your derided film of 2000.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:09:37 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Unfaithful → In the Cut. Unfaithful is described as closing out the erotic-thriller era that In the Cut lands at the tail end of.
    “And unfaithful is him kind of closing the loop a little bit. And it's like that era is done.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:13:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): In the Cut → Swimming Pool. Swimming Pool is the only other notable erotic thriller of 2003.
    “the only other one in 2003 of any note is the French movie swimming pool, which is a pretty good movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:13:49 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): In the Cut → Hollow Man. The DVD box set pairing In the Cut with Hollow Man, Flatliners, Abandon and Trapped is called a blank-checky set.
    “It is a weirdly blank checky box set.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:51:40 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. programming (programming): In the Cut → Paul Verhoeven. The box set mixes a Campion, a Verhoeven, a Schumacher and an Aja.
    “It's just wild that it's a campion, a Verhoven, a Schumacher, a fucking Agoya.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:52:19 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. programming (programming): In the Cut → Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. 2003 was crowded: Lord of the Rings, Lost in Translation, Kill Bill, Finding Nemo and more.
    “because that's the year, obviously, of like Lord of the Rings.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:34:30 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  8. programming (programming): In the Cut → Sideways. Sideways, the following year, was a TIFF launch; In the Cut was not.
    “Because the following year is sideways.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:35:27 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  9. programming (programming): In the Cut → Bright Star. Next week's Campion miniseries episode is Bright Star.
    “Tune in next week or Bright Star.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:09:11 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

theme (8)

  1. theme (theme): Destroyer → In the Cut. Kidman's rejected turn in Destroyer is compared to Ryan's rejected turn: an actress doing what nobody expected or wanted.
    “I feel like the Destroyer situation is similar to the Meg Ryan situation with this”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:28:56 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): In the Cut → Sex and the City (TV series). Between Seinfeld and Sex and the City the public's idea of New York changed, so the film's grimy New York looked fake to 2003 audiences.
    “The public's idea of New York radically changes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:46:17 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Jane Campion → In the Cut. Female filmmakers like Campion try to give actresses something different, and the reaction is weird.
    “these female filmmakers who are like, you know, really trying to go for something different, really trying to give actresses something else to do”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:18:23 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): In the Cut → Meg Ryan. The silent-film flashbacks are Ryan's romcom fantasy, an impossible ideal.
    “This is like a fucking fantasy that they grew up on that I think Meg Ryan has spent her life hoping she could replicate in her life that she could experience a Meg Ryan movie plot, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:32:44 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): In the Cut → Demonlover. Demonlover is the kind of film In the Cut is, admirable energy but hard to love, and very Ben Hosley.
    “there's like Demon Lover, which is a movie that, that's sort of like an in the cut kind of thing”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:58:42 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme): In the Cut → Jane Campion. Campion was one of the few women to get to make an erotic thriller then.
    “because she really is one of the few that got a chance to make a movie like that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:02:22 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)
  7. theme (theme): Basic Instinct 2 → In the Cut. Backlash to Basic Instinct 2 was far stronger than to an action sequel, showing the punishment of bad sexy movies.
    “the backlash to that was so much stronger than like a backlash to an action movie sequel”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:03:15 · Jourdain Searles (0.80 sure it was them)
  8. theme (theme): In the Cut → Showgirls. Bad sexy movies like Showgirls get punished harder than bad action sequels.
    “Showgirls, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 2:03:30 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

verdict (5)

  1. verdict (verdict): In the Cut → Solaris. Solaris is offered as another film given an F CinemaScore because it was marketed as something else.
    “Come down to 2000 screens. Solaris.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:32:28 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Manohla Dargus → In the Cut. Dargus called it the best messy movie of the year.
    “Manola Dargus wrote a review where she was like, it's kind of the best messy movie of the year.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:33:04 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Christina Newland → In the Cut. Newland's book has an In the Cut essay, one of the few published defenses before the reclamation.
    “There's a pro in the cut essay in that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:38:55 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Slavoj Zizek → In the Cut. Zizek discussed it favorably in The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, an early instance of reclamation.
    “was among the films discussed favorably by Slavo Zijak in the pervert's guide to cinema.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:39:57 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): In the Cut → The Matrix Reloaded. On Jourdain's 2003 ranking In the Cut sits next to the Matrix sequels.
    “Master and Commander, Matrix reloaded Matrix revolutions in the cut.”
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what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): Nicole Kidman → In the Cut. The film was originally intended for Nicole Kidman.
    “is obviously intended for Nicole Kitman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:24:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Jennifer Jason Lee → In the Cut. Jennifer Jason Lee in the lead would also have been accepted, as an art house movie.
    “And by the way, I think they would have gotten it with Jennifer Jason Lee.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:27:33 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Holly Hunter → In the Cut. Holly Hunter could have played the lead, though it would have been an art house release.
    “I would honestly say that like, Holly Hunter could have done it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:30:49 · Jourdain Searles (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Mickey Rourke → In the Cut. Per unsourced IMDb trivia, Kidman vetoed Rourke for a supporting role.
    “However, his involvement was allegedly vetoed by Nicole Kidman on the strength of Rourke's wild reputation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:41:23 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about In the Cut: The film's most-quoted line, 'no sense of cock whatsoever', opens the episode and is chanted back as the sign-off.
    “Some podcasts give terrible blow jobs, no rhythm at all, no sense of cock whatsoever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:00:34 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about In the Cut: A guest's only prior contact with the film was a VH1 voiceover that treated it as disgusting.
    “My only experience within the cut was just that weird VH1 voiceover that seemed to really hate it and I was very confused by it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:02:45 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about In the Cut: It is a Screen Gems release, the label then known for horror and teen genre films, put out on Halloween 2003.
    “The thing that I had forgotten that astonished me at the very beginning of this movie is that it is a screen gems release.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:03:42 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about In the Cut: Releasing an adult drama on Halloween, a dump weekend, is called a shrug of contractual obligation.
    “To release like an adult drama on Halloween just feels like a complete shrug of like, I don't, contractual obligation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:06:01 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about In the Cut: A famous stock scream used in the attack scene is called out as a canned Wilhelm-style scream.
    “There's a famous scream that like everyone fucking uses.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:09:11 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about In the Cut: The Little Red Lighthouse finale: Ruffalo is still handcuffed, so she saves herself instead of being rescued.
    “Instead, he's just still there locked up and she figures out her own shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:33:43 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.