Episode Details

Filmmaker and musician Sean Guinan has an eye for the surreal, as exhibited by his TikTok channel Candy Town Follies. With that in mind, his selections cover a lot of topical and aesthetic ground, from eroticism and over-the-top comedy to social commentary and actuality footage of a major 20th century pop culture figure.

Sean directed the 2000 feature film Flipping the Whale. He also led the musical group Candy Town from 2010 to 2016.

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Films and resources mentioned:

• Bridge Jump with Handcuff Escape (1907) - unknown
• Diana Bathing (1907) - Johann Schwarzer
• Children’s Reformatory (1907) - Charles Decroix
• The Policemen’s Little Run (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca
• The Irresistible Piano (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
• Star Wars (1977) - George Lucas
• King Kong (1976) - John Guillermin
• Superman (1978) - Richard Donner
• Cabaret (1972) - Bob Fosse
• Bugsy Malone (1976) - Alan Parker
• Un chien andalou (1929) - Luis Buñuel
• Little Red Riding Hood (1997) - David Kaplan
• El Satario (1907) - unknown
• Man’s Castle (1933) - Frank Borzage
• The World of Apu (1959) - Satyajit Ray
• Cops (1922) - Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton
• The Blues Brothers (1980) - John Landis
• The Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
• Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
• The Silent Clowns - Walter Kerr