'80s Movie Montage

Better Off Dead...

February 22, 2022 Anna Keizer & Derek Dehanke Season 3 Episode 4
'80s Movie Montage
Better Off Dead...
Show Notes

With special guest Megan J. Wilson, Anna and Derek discuss the sweetness of the Meyer family, Lane loving Monique for the certified badass she is, and  the successful patchwork of comedy styles in Savage Steve Holland's black comedy Better Off Dead... (1985).

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Anna Keizer and Derek Dehanke are the co-hosts of ‘80s Movie Montage. The idea for the podcast came when they realized just how much they talk – a lot – when watching films from their favorite cinematic era. Their wedding theme was “a light nod to the ‘80s,” so there’s that, too. Both hail from the Midwest but have called Los Angeles home for several years now. Anna is a writer who received her B.A. in Film/Video from Columbia College Chicago and M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University. Her dark comedy short She Had It Coming was an Official Selection of 25 film festivals with several awards won for it among them. Derek is an attorney who also likes movies. It is a point of pride that most of their podcast episodes are longer than the movies they cover.  

Megan J. Wilson is an LA-based film and TV writer originally from Seattle. Her scripts have placed in the PAGE Award, Script Pipeline and Austin Film Festival competitions, she has written and produced a 6-episode web series (The Sanctum) and her work has been optioned. She writes bold action and action/comedy featuring women and people with mental illness. Megan is also active in the LA writing community, as co-founder of the League of Women Writers and board member of Chicks with Scripts.