Blockbusters and Birdwalks

GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 12A: EXTRA CREDIT: Alternatives to “The Night of the Hunter”

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 Night of the Hunter”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 12A:

  • “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen” (Karel Zeman, 1962)
  • “Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams” (Akira Kurosawa, 1990)
  • “Badlands” (Terrence Malick, 1973)
  • “They Shall Not Grow Old” (Peter Jackson, 2018)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 12A: