MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie
The Movies That Made Me
Saturday Night Fever and Ambition
Safdie links Saturday Night Fever to the aspirational TV-to-film star narrative and youth aspiration.
MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie unpacks his favorite movies with podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Abigail’s Party (1977)
Marty Supreme (2025)
Burying the Ex (2015)
Uncut Gems (2019)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
King of New York (1990)
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
The Funerals (1996)
The Addiction (1995)
4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011)
Tomasso (2019)
The Driller Killer (1979)
Ms .45 (1981)
Go Go Tales (2007)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
A Woman Under the Influence
*Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
Hero (1992)
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1979)
The Brood (1979)
*Fire in the Sky (1993)
*Matinee (1993)
*A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Lost Boys (1987)
*Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
*E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)
*The Shining (1980)
*Misery (1990)
Popeye (1980)
The Leprechaun (1992)
Mandy (2018)
The Princess Bride (1987)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
*The 400 Blows (1959)
*Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
*The Red Balloon (1956)
White Mane (1953)
Gremlins (1984)
*The Running Man (1987)
The Terminator (1984)
The King of Comedy (1983)
Total Recall (1990)
Robocop (1987)
*Above The Rim (1994)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
*Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky V (1990)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
*Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Stayin’ Alive (1983)
Carrie (1976)
Other Notable Items
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
A Nightmare on Elm Street series
The Shining novel by Stephen King (1977)
TFH Guru Mick Garris
The Shining miniseries (1997)
Our Panos Cosmatos podcast episode
The History of Bones: A Memoir book by John Lurie (2021)
Welcome Back, Kotter TV series (1975-78)
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