Jonathan Freilich Presents

The Double MacGuffin

The Double MacGuffin is a podcast series of conversations on film with Henry Griffin and Jonathan Freilich . There has been a two year hiatus from the first set originally published on Nolascape. Those will be migrated here. Those before 2020 have a slightly different format: they are on one movie. In our continuation it will be a double feature: two films discussed.

Double MacGuffin Ep. 3- Prenom Carmen (1983) and Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)

This week we discuss two films where the theme is the shorter feature; less than 90 mins.

Henry Griffin’s choice:

Jan Svankmajer’s 1996 film, Conspirators of Pleasure.

Six outwardly average individuals have elaborate fetishes they indulge with surreptitious care.

Jonathan Freilich’s Choice:

Prenom, Carmen- a Jean-Luc Godard film from 1983 starring Maruschka Detmers.

Carmen seems to be shooting a film with friends, but has no money. The gang tries to stage an armed bank robbery, but runs into fierce opposition from Joseph, a guard. Carmen and Joseph flee run away to stay in her Uncle Jean's (Jean Luc Godard) apartment. Jean is making a film set in a luxury hotel, but it is a pretext for a kidnapping attempt on a businessman. The plot is loosely framed around the famous Bizet opera, Carmen.

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