Blockbusters and Birdwalks

GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 4: Emotional Realism, Part 1: “Come and See”

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 4:

  • “Drum” (Steve Carver, 1976)
  • “Shoah” (Claude Lanzmann, 1985)
  • “Paths of Glory” (Stanely Kubrick, 1957)
  • “Platoon” (Oliver Stone, 1986)
  • “Ran” (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
  • “Solaris” (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)
  • “Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
  • “Hamburger Hill” (John Irvin, 1987)
  • “Casualties of War” (Brian De Palma, 1989)
  • “Atonement” (Joe Wright, 2007)
  • “Dunkirk” (Christopher Nolan, 2017)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 4: