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Film doctors Paula Blair and Andrew Shail discuss Skyscraper (dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2018, BBFC cert. 12A). Includes references to 9/11, terrorism, violence, burning buildings and amputation. There's also some chat about cinemagoing, other films connected with the genre, themes and actors, and addressing issues around representation in mainstream film.

Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703

Recorded on 14 July 2018.

Edited by Paula Blair using Audacity.

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