Jane Campion's 'In the Cut' (2003)

In this episode, I talk about Jane Campion's 2003 film, "In the Cut." Meg Ryan plays, Frannie, an English teacher who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation after parts of a woman's body are found in her garden. She may have even seen the murder victim shortly before the crime. After the lead detective on the case interviews her, the two of them become involved in a dark, torturous relationship. "In the Cut" is a deeply erotic and feminist film that centers female sexuality and female pleasure. It also explores the dark side of desire and the complicated relationships between men and women. There are spoilers in this episode. I also talk explicitly and openly about sex. 

 

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Full Show Notes:

• My episode on Jane Campion's The Piano
• My episode on Lynne Ramsay's Morvern Callar
• My episode on The Double Life of Veronique
• To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
• My episode on Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher
• In the Cut book by Susanna Moore
• Out of the Past
• My episode on Singin' in the Rain
• "The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power" by Audre Lorde
• The Silence
• Black Swan
• My episode on Francois Ozon's Under the Sand
• My episode on Blue is the Warmest Color
• Blue Valentine

My Sources:

• Charlie Rose interview with Jane Campion, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Meg Ryan
• BBC interview with Jane Campion