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
GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 7: Non-Classical Style: “The Swimmer”
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 7:
- “Sweet Smell of Success” (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
- “From Here to Eternity” (Fred Zinnemann, 1953)
- “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
- “The Room” (Tommy Wiseau, 2003)
- “The Graduate” (Mike Nichols, 1967)
- “Planet of the Apes” (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
- “Psych Out” (Richard Rush, 1968)
- “The Producers” (Mel Brooks, 1968),
- “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
- “The Odd Couple” (Gene Saks, 1968)
- “The Detective” (Gordon Douglas, 1968)
- “Petulia” (Richard Lester, 1968)
- “Rosemary’s Baby” (Roman Polanski, 1968)
- “The Green Berets” (Ray Kellogg, 1968)
- “The Thomas Crown Affair” (Norman Jewison, 1968)
- “Hang ‘Em High” (Ted Post, 1968)
- “Targets” (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968)
- “Rachel, Rachel” (Paul Newman, 1968)
Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 7:
- “The Swimmer” (Frank Perry, 1968), including “Theme from ‘The Swimmer’ (Send for Me in Summer) / Big Splash”, “Carnival”, “Hurdles”, “My Kids Love Me / Traveling Home / Closer to Home / Home / Marcia Funebre”, “Down the Steps / On the Road”, and “Theme from ‘The Swimmer’ (Send for Me in Summer) (Reprise)” by Marvin Hamlisch, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkAUJkbhd-RgA8zSAa_Uqqq45GMl_ONci
- “TCM Jingle 2000 2002 2001 2003 2004 2008 2009 2012” by UPCGamesBogdanThePocoyoElemental&MarioWonder, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8SRkoE16nc
- “Main Title” by Jerry Goldsmith from “Planet of the Apes” (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)