Tune in as Marie Nicola (Alt.Pop.Repeat and Past//Forward) jumps back onto 2CC for a plunge into Trance, the 2013 neo-noir thriller about the twisty-turny journey of hypnotherapy that an art auctioneer undergoes in order to figure out where a lost painting went in the midst of a heist. The roots that this mindbender has in a British TV movie from 2001, casting doubt on the supposed efficacy of hypnotism, the major role that Goya’s artwork plays in Trance’s symbolism, and the shaved pubes of it all emerge as a few talking points for this episode.
Directed by Danny Boyle, Trance stars James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani, Matt Cross, Wahab Sheikh, Tuppence Middleton, Mark Poltimore, Simon Kunz, Michael Schaeffer, Tony Jayawardena, and Vincent Montuel.
Spoilers start at 33:40
James McAvoy on Trance, Hypnosis, and Pubic Hair
Rosario Dawson Calls Her Vagina “the General”
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