Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
"Shoah, Part 2" (1985), a conversation
September 27, 2023
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa feel the weight of what really is the most intense horror story ever made.
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Referenced media:
- “Band of Brothers” (Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, 2001)
- “Eddie Murphy Raw” (Robert Townsend, 1987)
- “The Day After” (Nicholas Meyer, 1983)
- “Avatar” (James Cameron, 2009)
- “Kill Bill: Volume 1” (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
- “Kill Bill: Volume 2” (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
- “Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.” (Errol Morris, 1999)
Audio quotation:
- “Shoah” (Claude Lanzmann, 1985)
- “Band of Brothers” (Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, 2001), Episode 9: “Why We Fight” (John Orloff, 2001)
- “Eddie Murphy Raw” (Robert Townsend, 1987)