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Episode 47: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night with Dr. Rebecca Gibson
On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, return guest, Dr. Rebecca Gibson and I analyze Ana lily Amirpour's debut film: the goth girl German expressionist Iranian vampire spaghetti western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. We talk about fangs, feminism and bloody fun (with more than a few tangents) Enjoy! Happy Halloween! Production Notes: Intro: 0:00-3:03   Catch-up with Dr. Gibson's work 3:04-22:23 Sex with Robots Conference Update Cyborgs Ethics and the Matrix discussion and Meeting Keanu Basics of 'A Girl': 22:24-45:32 Dr. Gibson's Experience with Amirpour's work Plot Synopsis  Genre Amalgamation  Trivia  Crowd Funding/Fan Focus Group Aside  Historical Context 45:33-81:43 First Screening Experience  Cinematography Aside (Fang Shot) Truncated history of US Iranian relations  The Use of that history as an atmospheric backdrop Is the film too "Western"? Influence on the Horror genre  Physical Media Aside  The Film's Legacy -10 years later  Social Analysis 81:44-114:35 The Film's Feminist Flare  The Rape Culture  The Pimp's death scene  The Singularity of Characters  The 'Unending' (Men aside) 'A Girl' vs 'Buffy' Dualling Feminisms? The Film's Vampiric Allegory compared to other Vampire Content Outtro: 114:36-125:49 Curating a Vampire Themed Film Fest  Plugs  The Dojo's Future Essays and Upcoming Episodes  Post Credit scathing reviews of Megaopolis and Joker 2 All Clips used under Fair Use Links Dr. Gibson's prolific Work  Dr. Gibson on Twitter  The Film's soundtrack available on Youtube A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night essay on the Blog  Episode 17: The Matrix Franchise  The Sociologist's Dojo on Twitter and letterboxd
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