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 17: Emotional Realism, Part 2: “Welcome to the Dollhouse”
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 à Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.
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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 17:
- “Flirting with Disaster” (David O. Russell, 1996)
- “Fargo” (Coen Brothers, 1996)
- “I Shot Andy Warhol” (Mary Harron, 1996)
- “Dead Man” (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
- “Mission: Impossible” (Brian De Palma, 1996)
- “The Cable Guy” (Ben Stiller, 1996)
- “Tropic Thunder” (Ben Stiller, 2008)
- “Lone Star” (John Sayles, 1996)
- “Independence Day” (Roland Emmerich, 1996)
- “Courage Under Fire” (Edward Zwick, 1996)
- “Trainspotting” (Danny Boyle, 1996)
- “Strangers on a Train” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951)
- “Superbad” (Greg Mottola, 2007)
- “The Princess Diaries” (Garry Marshall, 2001)
- “Ugly Betty” (Silvio Horta, 2006-2010)
- “Little Miss Sunshine” (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 2006)
- “Happiness” (Todd Solondz, 1998)
- “Stand By Me” (Rob Reiner, 1986)
- “Eighth Grade” (Bo Burnham, 2018)
- “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 17:
- “Welcome to the Dollhouse” (Todd Solondz, 1995)