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Billy and Sheridan return for a discussion of the 1970s kicked off with 'Wake in Fright'. Nearly lost, it is now a classic of 'Ozploitation'.

We discuss the transition from the political and social optimism of the 60s to the chaos and nihilism of the 70s, the definitions of 'horror' and 'auteur', the insecurity and cruelty of the decade, punk, alcohol, toxic masculinity and much more.

I hope you enjoy it.

Here is a link to Billy's film festival - Noli: The Too Long, Too Difficult, Too Raw Short Film Festival - FilmFreeway

A little about NOLI -

Making its fourth appearance on 12th October 2025 and again at our beautiful home at Etcetera Theatre in Camden, London, Noli is the festival for short films too experimental, too daring, too real or simply too long for the mainstream circuit.

Hello, Jamie here.

This is the first in a three part series called 'Decades'. The idea is simple. Returning guests Sheridan Seraphin and Billy Stanton join me to highlight one film from a specific decade (luckily, Sheridan picked the 1960s, I choice the 70s and Billy choice the 80s)In this episode Sheridan takes the lead talking about the film 'The Naked Island' directed by Kaneto Shindo. It's great and I'm very grateful to Sheridan for bringing him to the podcast.

Sheridan's short film 'Finished Sympathy' will be participating at the Walthamstow International Film Festival, and it's a pretty much perfect short.

Billy's festival, NOLI https://filmfreeway.com/NoliTheTooLongTooDifficultTooRawShortFilmFestival is on Freeway right now. https://nolishortfilmfestival.wordpress.com/ It's great!

My strange short film 'Intimate Communications'(a film for all of us who have ever needed to scream) will be screened at the Kino Short Film Open Mic Night on the 17th of June. https://www.kinoshortfilm.com/short-film-openmicIt's at the Strongroom Bar near Liverpool Street Station. Doors at 7pm. It's a great evening with a number of short films (so if you don't like mine that's fine!)

Hope to see you there. More info here- https://fb.me/e/8489eh6wwTickets here -https://dice.fm/partner/dice/event/v3adad-short-film-open-mic-17th-jun-strongroom-bar-london-tickets?

Music - The Croutons (Intro) L'lle neu (outro) Hikaru Hayashi

Here is a link to Billy's film festival - ⁠Noli: The Too Long, Too Difficult, Too Raw Short Film Festival - FilmFreeway⁠

A little about NOLI -

Making its fourth appearance on 12th October 2025 and again at our beautiful home at Etcetera Theatre in Camden, London, Noli is the festival for short films too experimental, too daring, too real or simply too long for the mainstream circuit.

In this episode I am joined by James McCann. James is an actor, writer, director, producer who works mainly in horror comedy.

We are talking about Mel Brooks' and Gene Wilder's 1974 film 'Young Frankenstein'. Perhaps the very best example of horror comedy their is.

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