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GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 12: Image Making: “The Night of the Hunter”

• Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

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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 12:

  • “The Magnificent Ambersons” (Orson Welles, 1942)
  • “Do the Right Thing” (Spike Lee, 1989)
  • “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanely Kubrick, 1971)
  • “Glengarry Glen Ross” (James Foley, 1992)
  • “Barfly” (Barbet Schroeder, 1987)
  • “The Ren & Stimpy Show” (John Kricfalusi, 1991-1995)
  • “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (Mark Twain, 1884)
  • “Leave It to Beaver” (Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, 1957-1963)
  • “1917” (Sam Mendes, 2019)
  • “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, 2014)
  • “Mutiny on the Bounty” (Frank Lloyd, 1935)
  • “Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
  • “Return to Oz” (Walter Murch, 1985)
  • “Phase IV” (Saul Bass, 1974)

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