Introducing The Celluloid Mirror
The Celluloid Mirror is a film discussion podcast in which we look at two very different films to see what they reflect about one another, and the audience. For our first film pairing we discuss Transformers: The Movie (1986) and Funny Games (2007). We discuss how these two films confront the audience and subvert their expectations for genre films. We have subtitled this pilot episode "The Audience Must Suffer."
We've got some more fun pairings planned for future episodes and some great guests. You can subscribe to the show at anchor.fm/thecelluloidmirror where you can also leave us a voice message giving us your thoughts on one or all of the questions at the end of this episode, or message us via social media (@4MileCircus) or email us at info@4milecircus.com.
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All music in the episode is by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
References & Research:
David Edelstein on Funny Games https://nymag.com/movies/reviews/45099/
A.O. Scott on Funny Games https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/movies/14funn.html
Slate Review of Funny Games https://slate.com/culture/2008/03/michael-haneke-s-funny-games-reviewed.html
Caryn James on Transformers https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/09/movies/screen-transformers-animation-for-children.html
How Less Alienation Creates More Exploitation? Audience Labour on Social Network Sites https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/392
Game over? The (re)play of horror in Michael Haneke's Funny Games U.S. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/nc/2014/00000012/F0020001/art00004#
Art, Entertainment, Entropy - Gene Youngblood
The Myth of Superman - Umberto Eco
The Spectator - Siegfried Kracauer
