Bound (1996)

Sapphic Culture Club

Hold the elevator! 😎 We're talking about the Wachowski sisters' glorious 1996 neo-noir Bound with special guests Baby Djojonegoro and Heather Petrocelli from Portrait of a Survey on Fire (a.k.a. the folks whose Top 10 Lesbian Films list is what this season of our podcast is based on! 👀).

We talk about...

🏆 How great Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon are in this

🫠 How great Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon are together

⛏ That labrys tattoo!

👏 Showing actual lesbians in a lesbian bar!

🎬 The Wachowski's cinematic innovations

✨ Queer and trans allegory

😘 How extremely wonderful it is to have a neo-noir film where the protagonists are lesbians AND they win

...and much more!

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NcvehOHvCHxjva8OHcCKXjhF8NB_cCRA8oSKkMUSqi0/edit?usp=sharing (This is a longer episode, so the first half is available now, and we'll be uploading the rest of it over the weekend.)

Links to stuff we mentioned:

• Follow Portrait of a Survey on Fire on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/portraitofasurveyonfire/
• Lana Wachowski at the Music Box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxynlbNKyu8
• Excerpt from director’s commentary, including commentary from Susie Bright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ubTq0AhTo&t=42s
• Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon revisit their lesbian neo-noir Bound: https://ew.com/movies/2019/06/06/jennifer-tilly-gina-gershon-revisit-lesbian-neo-noir-bound/
• Bound: The Wachowski’s Take on Power Dynamics, Queerness and Dysfunctional Families: https://25yearslatersite.com/2020/05/21/bound-the-wachowskis-take-on-power-dynamics-queerness-and-dysfunctional-families/
• Behind the visible queerness in women’s sports — and why it matters: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/06/10/lesbian-culture-womens-sports/