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Showbiz: Amateur Adventures in Film Studies
Episode 12: Dare I Say, Kinda Woke? (Brute Force)
Season 1, Ep. 12
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We watch "Brute Force" and notice acting, 1940s patois, and wonder if staring intently into the middle distance can be called a realistic performance. Here's lookin' at you, kids!
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23. 122: Dope as Hell (Stalker / Mad Max: Fury Road)
55:31||Season 4, Ep. 23We 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.
22. 121: I Feel No Pain Yet I Must Eat (Children of Men / THX 1138)
47:48||Season 4, Ep. 22We 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. 21We 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. 20We 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. 19We 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. 18We 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. 17We 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.
16. 116: Justice for Franklin (Black Christmas / Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
42:27||Season 4, Ep. 16We do a bit of noticing of the origins of the Slasher genre with Black Christmas directed by Bob Clark and Texas Chainsaw Massacre directed by Tobe Hooper.
BONUS: Clarence is a Menace (It's a Wonderful Life)
40:23||Season 4We do a bit of noticing of Christmas magic (?) and that George Bailey is kinda an entitled jerk-face in It's a Wonderful Life.