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Showbiz: Amateur Adventures in Film Studies

Learning about film through the Criterion Collection


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  • 23. 122: Dope as Hell (Stalker / Mad Max: Fury Road)

    55:31||Season 4, Ep. 23
    We do a bit of noticing of the philosophy of post-apocalypses (apocali?) in Stalker directed by Andrei Tarkocsky and Mad Max: Fury Road directed by George Miller.

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  • 22. 121: I Feel No Pain Yet I Must Eat (Children of Men / THX 1138)

    47:48||Season 4, Ep. 22
    We do a bit of noticing of dystopian fiction in Alfonso Cuaron's bleak and beautiful Children of Men and George Lucas's confounding THX 1138.

  • 21. 120: We Chill (Brazil / Metropolis)

    50:00||Season 4, Ep. 21
    We do a bit of noticing of retro-futurism, accepting your place, and the horrors of paperwork in Brazil directed by Terry Gilliam and Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang.

  • 20. 119: Ziggy Angeldust (Escape from New York / Blade Runner)

    49:19||Season 4, Ep. 20
    We do a bit of noticing of urban decay and Cyber Punk in John Carpenter's delightful Escape from New York and Ridley Scott's ground breaking Blade Runner.

  • 19. 118: Love a Flamethrower (Alien / The Thing)

    48:44||Season 4, Ep. 19
    We do a bit of noticing of SciFi Horror, secret robots, and flamethrowers with Alien directed by Ridley Scott and The Thing directed by John Carpenter.

  • 18. Lesson 3: Science Fiction

    46:20||Season 4, Ep. 18
    We do a bit of learning about the elements of the Science Fiction genre in our third lesson...

  • 17. 117: Kermit-Sexual (Psycho / Don't Look Now)

    47:19||Season 4, Ep. 17
    We do a bit of noticing of psychological horror and the importance of a good title in Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Don't Look Now directed by Nicolas Roeg.