The Video Archives Podcast will not allow violence against this house! Today’s can’t-miss episode is devoted entirely to Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 masterpiece of brutality Straw Dogs, starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. Quentin, Roger and Gala take us through the origins of IB Technicolor, discuss whether this film can be considered a Revengeamatic, and ask who killed the cat. Meanwhile, I’m downstairs with a pot of boiling oil (plus some VHS box art and alternate movie posters), ready to spring today’s Counter Talk on any uninvited guests…
Let’s start by taking a look at the Video Archives box – our first Magnetic Video on the show! Listen to the episode for a short history of Magnetic Video, and the unique transitional role it played in the early days of home video. The front cover features a section of the film’s iconic poster, and a tagline that many viewers have found ‘baffling’: