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Love Triangles on Film: How (not) to throuple (Passages, Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona, Design For Living)

September 21, 2023 Lily Austin & James Brailsford Season 3 Episode 8
Love Triangles on Film: How (not) to throuple (Passages, Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona, Design For Living)
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Love Triangles on Film: How (not) to throuple (Passages, Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona, Design For Living)
Sep 21, 2023 Season 3 Episode 8
Lily Austin & James Brailsford

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We return to our favourite debate: monogamy vs. polyamory. This time with love triangles as the point of entry.

We discuss new release Passages' somewhat bleak version of the shape, and look back at more optimistic portrayals, including Woody Allen's Spanish holiday fantasy Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona and the pre-code shocker Design For Living

Lily also gives the lowdown on (the auteur behind The Room) Tommy Wiseau's new release, Big Shark. 

References
‘The Ethical Slut’: Inside America’s Growing Acceptance of Polyamory by Anna Fitzpatrick for Rolling Stone
Design for Living New York Times review from 1933
Ernst Lubitsch Made the Hollywood Comedy Sublime’ by Alex Ross for The New Yorker

Film Pharmacy
Night Watch (2004) dir. by Timur Bekmambetov
Cold War (2018) dir. by Paweł Pawlikowski

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Original music by James Brailsford
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Show Notes

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We return to our favourite debate: monogamy vs. polyamory. This time with love triangles as the point of entry.

We discuss new release Passages' somewhat bleak version of the shape, and look back at more optimistic portrayals, including Woody Allen's Spanish holiday fantasy Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona and the pre-code shocker Design For Living

Lily also gives the lowdown on (the auteur behind The Room) Tommy Wiseau's new release, Big Shark. 

References
‘The Ethical Slut’: Inside America’s Growing Acceptance of Polyamory by Anna Fitzpatrick for Rolling Stone
Design for Living New York Times review from 1933
Ernst Lubitsch Made the Hollywood Comedy Sublime’ by Alex Ross for The New Yorker

Film Pharmacy
Night Watch (2004) dir. by Timur Bekmambetov
Cold War (2018) dir. by Paweł Pawlikowski

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Original music by James Brailsford
Logo design by Abby-Jo Sheldon

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