Four Favorites with Ti West: Bad Taste, Indy, Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Pearl insider secrets

It is spooky season and our first Hallowe’en month guest is X and Pearl writer-director and cinema devotee Ti West, who joins hosts Gemma and Slim to talk about four films that influenced his moviemaking career: Bad Taste , Raiders of the Lost Ark , Two-Lane Blacktop , and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . We also attempt to squeeze Ti for details on MaXXXine , and he tells us some Pearl tales, including how that final shot came about. Plus: being a Hollywood outsider; the movies that give us permission to be filmmakers; our demands for a Pearl -trilogy theme park; Ti’s defence of Spielberg’s West Side Story ; rubbing shoulders with Peter Jackson; the best moment in cinema ever (involving Indiana Jones); the greatest tagline in cinema ever; why Gemma is obsessed with maggots; and what made Slim cry this week. Credits : This episode was recorded in Auckland, Los Angeles and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack . Booker: Brian Formo . Transcript by Sophie Shin . Art by Samm . Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker . The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; Andrea’s movies that got us into movies list; Wesley’s The Basics of Cinema Starter Pack ; Gemma’s Maggots in Movies list and Holli’s “nothing happens” yeah but the vibes . Reviews of Raiders of the Lost Ark by Naughty aka Juli Norwood , Ciara , Josh Larsen ; Janica’s Two-Lane Blacktop review . Cinemonster’s Hoop-tober challenge.