{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 47: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night with Dr. Rebecca Gibson","description":"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 &amp;nbsp; 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&amp;nbsp; Genre Amalgamation&amp;nbsp; Trivia&amp;nbsp; Crowd Funding\/Fan Focus Group Aside  &amp;nbsp;Historical Context 45:33-81:43  First Screening Experience&amp;nbsp; Cinematography Aside (Fang Shot) Truncated history of US Iranian relations&amp;nbsp; The Use of that history as an atmospheric backdrop Is the film too &quot;Western&quot;? Influence on the Horror genre&amp;nbsp; Physical Media Aside&amp;nbsp; The Film's Legacy -10 years later&amp;nbsp;  Social Analysis 81:44-114:35  The Film's Feminist Flare&amp;nbsp; The Rape Culture&amp;nbsp; The Pimp's death scene&amp;nbsp; The Singularity of Characters&amp;nbsp; The 'Unending' (Men&amp;nbsp;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&amp;nbsp; Plugs&amp;nbsp; The Dojo's Future Essays and Upcoming Episodes&amp;nbsp; Post Credit scathing reviews of&amp;nbsp;Megaopolis and Joker 2  All Clips used under Fair Use Links  Dr. Gibson's prolific Work&amp;nbsp; Dr. Gibson on Twitter&amp;nbsp; The Film's soundtrack available on Youtube A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night&amp;nbsp;essay on the Blog&amp;nbsp; Episode 17: The Matrix Franchise&amp;nbsp; The Sociologist's Dojo on Twitter and letterboxd  ","author_name":"The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/thesociologistsdojo.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33632497\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/180319127"}