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 18: Conclusion: “Heathers”
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 18:
- “Pump Up the Volume” (Allan Moyle, 1990)
- “Stranger Things” (The Duffer Brothers, 2016-2025)
- “The Breakfast Club” (John Hughes, 1985)
- “Weird Science” (John Hughes, 1985)
- “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (Amy Heckerling, 1982)
- “Superbad” (Greg Mottola, 2007)
- “Dirty Harry” (Don Siegel, 1971)
- “Donnie Darko” (Richard Kelly, 2001)
- “Say Anything” (Cameron Crowe, 1989)
- “The Wizard of Oz” (Victor Fleming, 1939)
- “Mr. Robot” (Sam Esmail, 2015-2019)
Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 18:
- “Heathers” (Michael Lehmann, 1988), including the songs “Strip Croquet”, “Into the Cafeteria”, and “J.D.’s Bomb” by David Newman; and “Teenage Suicide (Don’t Do It)” by Don Dixon and performed by “Big Fun”, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCB7F248CFECFA43
- “Pump Up the Volume” (Allan Moyle, 1990), including the song “Everybody Knows” (1988) by Leonard Cohen and performed by Concrete Blonde
- “Stranger Things” (The Duffer Brothers, 2016-2025), including the song “Stranger Things | Title Sequence” (2016) by Micheal Stein and Kyle Dixon, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RcPZdihrp4
- “VHS insert/eject sound” by Crazyjedi5, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeW2zunE4gw
- “Say Anything” (Cameron Crowe, 1989), including the song “In Your Eyes” (1986) by Peter Gabriel
- “Mr. Robot” (Sam Esmail, 2015-2019), including the song “Mr. Robot Theme” (2015) by Mac Quayle, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfAnT0eaCt0&list=RDrfAnT0eaCt0&start_radio=1