REVENGE OF NATURE, a conversation – Episode 5: “Roar”

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa look for scars on performers who pretended to be wildlife enthusiasts, but who were nearly wildlife entrees.

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Referenced media:

• “Cujo” (Lewis Teague, 1983)
• “Kingdom of Spiders (John Cardos, 1977)
• “Aliens” (James Cameron, 1986)
• “Night of the Living Dead” (George A. Romero, 1968)
• “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Speed” (Jan de Bont, 1994)
• “Twister” (Jan de Bont, 1996)
• “Ben-Hur” (William Wyler, 1959)
• “The Crow” (Alex Proyas, 1994)
• “Twilight Zone: The Movie” (John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante, and Steven Spielberg, 1983)
• “The Bonfire of the Vanities” (Brian De Palma, 1990)
• “Body Double” (Brian De Palma, 1984)
• “Grizzly Man” (Werner Herzog, 2005)
• “Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made” (Rob Muraskin, 2017)
• “Tiger King” (Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, 2020-2021)
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” (George Miller, 2015)

Audio quotation:

• “Roar” (Noel Marshall, 1981/2015), including “N’chi Ya Nani (Whose Land Is This?)” and “Too Late for Tears” by Robert Hawk Florczak”
• “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977), including “Cantina Band” by John Williams, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsvfptdFXf4&list=RDEsvfptdFXf4&start_radio=1
• “Body Double” (Brian De Palma, 1984), including “It’s a Chance (Main Title)” by Pino Donaggio, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2mzTQvNxlo&list=PLMIlGaCpCqRAqCKp0jK3f8cggVUAVvpRz&index=21
• “Grizzly Man” (Werner Herzog, 2005)