Blockbusters and Birdwalks

GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 7A: Non-Classical Style: Alternatives to “The Swimmer”

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “The Swimmer”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 7A:

  • “The Last Year at Marienbad” (Alain Resnais, 1961)
  • “Survive Style 5+” (Gen Sekiguchi, 2004)
  • “Magnolia” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
  • “The Holy Mountain” (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973)
  • “Dunkirk” (Christopher Nolan, 2017)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 7A: