In this episode, I talk about Robert Wise's 1963 cult classic, "The Haunting." It's based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel "The Haunting of Hill House," and stars Julie Harris as Eleanor Lance, a young woman who joins three people at a haunted house to investigate paranormal phenomena. Eleanor has spent over a decade caring for her invalid mother who has recently died. I explore how this film represents psychological disintegration and a woman searching for belonging as well as how the film uses sound and cinematography to create a frightening, claustrophobic atmosphere. At the beginning of the episode, I also talk about the recent news that Filmstruck is shutting down.
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Original artwork by Dhiyanah Hassan
Full Show Notes:
Abbas Kiarostami's 'Taste of Cherry' (1997)
Claude Chabrol's 'La Cérémonie' (1995)
Christian Petzold's 'Phoenix' (2014)
Alan J. Pakula's 'Sophie's Choice' (1982)
Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy
Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' (1955)
Jean-Jacques Beineix's 'Locked-In Syndrome' (1997) and Julian Schnabel's 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' (2007)
David Lean's 'Summertime' (1955)
Krzysztof Kieślowski's 'The Double Life of Veronique' (1991)
Satyajit Ray's 'The Big City' (1963)
João Dumans and Affonso Uchoa's 'Arábia' (2017)
Barry Jenkins's 'Moonlight' (2016)
Jennie Livingston's 'Paris is Burning' (1990)
Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott's 'Big Night' (1996)
How I Discovered Cinema and Why It's So Important to Me
Krzysztof Kieślowski's 'Dekalog'
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