Saltburn (2023): "So Gossip Girl Coded"

Is this week a Fifth Tuesday? Is Saltburn (2023) a horror movie? Spookies, those questions are more for you than for us — but we do have a lot to say this week. Like, A LOT. Somehow, without really meaning to, we accidentally talked for almost three whole hours about Emerald Fennell’s newest film (and actually, if you count the bits that we cut out, we really talked for even longer). But, hey, if you’ve heard anything at all about the 2006-era flick starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi, then you know that conversation is just one of the many things it provokes. On our latest Spooky Tuesday, we’re discussing our first impressions, the Gossip Girl of it all, and that killer soundtrack, plus so (so so) much more.

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References:

Interviews with Emerald Fennell: https://youtu.be/nlVtm5jrgoY?si=khdAAu8qdUreqxME https://youtu.be/YtKa-39TGpI?si=wltjwg3GD1jeIyVA https://youtu.be/lhB-VJa0_OI?si=nmeV9ZgmOfooupVB https://youtu.be/eY4Ff_lhpqA?si=vSLLrW9FhzkyoN_6 https://youtu.be/1DiVSbgPcAo?si=2i3IQ-OGfDOKjy7c

Costuming in Saltburn: https://youtu.be/Mru3hlsLedQ?si=C-hnUavtWmchuL7S

https://variety.com/2023/film/columns/saltburn-critics-emerald-fennell-upper-class-satire-1235815525/

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/saltburn-jacob-elordi-ending-explained-76659/

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/saltburn-twist-greek-myth-minotaur

https://medium.com/@ibtisaamahmed/the-symbolism-of-saltburn-that-you-probably-missed-32748741006c

https://screenrant.com/saltburn-movie-easter-eggs-references/#mid-2000-39-s-aesthetic

https://www.reddit.com/r/saltburn/comments/19airjx/the_changeling_boy/