39 Ms. .45 (1981)

39 Ms. .45 (1981)

Author: Dylan Davis November 16, 2025 Duration: 1:27:08
Abel Ferrara shocked the exploitation world with his feminist statement Ms. .45 (1981). Starring the incomparable Zoe Lund as a mute, submissive fashion designer in New York City, Ms. .45 exposes the everyday experience of women as a slugfest of misogyny and non-stop harassment. Lund’s role as Thana is critical in understanding the female experience, and why when she’s had enough, she’s ready to give something back to the male world that dominated her. The Super 70 Podcast is available wherever you find podcasts. You can find me, my books, and my blog at www.thatdylandavis.com. I am @thatdylandavis on Threads, Letterbxed, and BluSky. All music on the Super 70 is written and performed by Rozalind MacPhail and you can find her on Soundcloud, iTunes, and YouTube. An early cut of Ms. .45 with bad sound is currently on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1aSl8UhGTY&t=1177s The Arrow UK has a brilliant edition here that is worth it for us fans: https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ms-45-limited-edition-4k-uhd/17194059/?variation=17194059

Dylan Davis hosts The Super 70 Podcast, a unique audio experience built for film lovers. Each episode is designed as a scene-by-scene commentary track meant to be played in sync with a specific movie, offering deep-dive analysis, behind-the-scenes trivia, and thoughtful observations you might miss on a solo viewing. Of course, you can also just enjoy the conversation on its own during a commute or while doing chores-the insights stand alone. Dylan brings the perspective of a creator himself, having written works like "FLYNN!", "Dating Virginia," "Buffalo Seine," and "Threshold." This background as a writer and a dedicated consumer of culture informs the discussions, which are less about simple review and more about engaging with film as a vital, layered art form. Tune in to this podcast for a guided tour through the details of cinema, where the focus is on understanding the craft and the choices that shape the stories on screen. It’s like having a well-informed friend in the room, pointing out the clever edits, the symbolic set design, or the narrative turns that define a film’s impact. The goal is to enrich your viewing experience and foster a deeper appreciation for the movies, one scene at a time.
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EP18 -  Pulp Fiction [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:37:49
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Special Report With Dave Anderson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:30:47
Last month I asked a friend of mine, Dave Anderson, to come onto the show and watch The Terminator with me. We had so much fun that Dave recommended I turn the mikes on while we shot the shit for a couple of hours. This…
EP17 - The Terminator [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:27
Fellow Film Aficionado Dave Anderson joins me as we watch James Cameron’s seminal 1984 B-Movie Masterpiece, The Terminator. On the surface there seems to be something bold and original going on. Arnold Schwarzenegger in…
EP16 - Super Fly 1972 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:35:30
Gordon Parks, Jr. was a photographer from Minneapolis who had trained as a cinematographer under his father when he convinced a group of African American investors from Harlem to pool their money into a Blaxploitation mo…
EP15 - The Graduate [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:51:54
Everyone loves The Graduate, except me. Screenwriter Buck Henry and Director Mike Nichols hit the ball out of the park with this biting commentary on American society at the height of the 1960s. But underneath the nods a…
EP14 - Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 1956 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:25:06
Walter Wanger was a convicted criminal rebuilding his career when he collaborated with television director Don Siegel and screenwriter Daniel Mainwaring to make a film of Jack Finney’s science fiction serial. What they w…
EP13 - Mildred Pierce [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:56:22
Michael Curtiz was already one of the most successful directors in Hollywood when Warner Brothers practically forced him to cast Joan Crawford in one of the most famous melodramas ever made. Crawford, an American househo…
EP12 - Golddiggers Of 1933 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:42:48
Melvin LeRoy and Busby Berkeley both direct Golddiggers of 1933. The second incarnation of a popular broadway hit, Golddiggers of 1933 is a tangled tale of love, sex, and money. Well, actually it’s just about sex and mon…
EP11 - The General [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:23:57
Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman crossed two unlikely themes when they made The General for United Artists: the Southern Lost Cause in popular culture and Keaton’s vaudeville straight man act. The result is a tale all to…
EP10 - Heathers [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:43:31
We wrap up the 1980's by looking at Michael Lehmann's 1988 pop bubble gum suicide film tome Heathers. With a screenplay by Daniel Waters and starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Heathers is an unlikely black comed…