Blockbusters and Birdwalks

GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 19A: EXTRA CREDIT: Alternatives to “The Death of Stalin”

• Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

Share episode

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 Death of Stalin”.

***

Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 19A:

  • “The Running Man” (Paul Michael Glaser, 1987)
  • “The Jerky Boys: The Movie” (James Melkonian, 1995)
  • “The Manitou” (William Girdler, 1978)
  • “Star Trek” (Gene Roddenberry, 1966-1969)
  • “Rumble in the Bronx” (Stanley Tong, 1995)
  • “Police Story” (Jackie Chan, 1985)
  • “Drunken Master” (Yuen Woo-ping, 1978)
  • “The Room” (Tommy Wiseau, 2003)
  • “House of Wax” (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2005)
  • “House of Wax” (Andre de Toth, 1953)
  • “The Man Who Would Be King” (John Huston, 1975)
  • “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” (Quentin Tarantino, 2019)
  • “Kill Bill, vol. 1” (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
  • “Inglourious Basterds” (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
  • “The Wicker Man” (Robin Hardy, 1973)
  • “The Equalizer” (Michael Sloan and Richard Linkheim, 1985-1989)
  • “Cloud Atlas” (Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, 2012)
  • “The Ladykillers” (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2004)
  • “Bulworth” (Warren Beatty, 1998)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 19A: