Episode 71 – This Morning We Talk About Our Wild Nights With Emily
Wild Nights With Emily
Today we are talking about the 2018 Madeleine Olnek film Wild Nights With Emily, starring Molly Shannon, Susan Ziegler, Amy Seimentz and Brett Gelman. This award winning film is a “dramatization of the little known side of writer Emily Dickinson’s life in particular, her relationship with her sister-in-law, Susan.” (Source: IMDB.com) In an attempt to get her poetry published an acquaintance to Emily erased Susan’s name. More recently using modern technology has been utilized to discover the erasers, this truth has come to light. Listen in as we explore this film and it’s implications.
Some of our favorite parts of this movie are:
- The similarities to Drunk History
- Breaking the fourth wall
- The costumes (hoop skirts), sets and props
- The truth about Emily Dickinson
- So many smoochies
- The two-shots of young Emily and Susan walking
Special thanks to our editor Geoff Vrijmoet for this episode and Melissa Villagrana for helping out with our social media posts.
Next week’s film will be: Days of Thunder (1990) available on HBOMax
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