The journey for the perfect metaphor ends with Near Dark, a wonderfully directed film that subverts the expectations of the Western genre, but that also signals that the "Others" are vile, bloodthirsty creatures whose influence can only be overcome by blood transfusion.
Read the summary of the essay, "Vampires, Indians, and the Queer Fantastic: Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark" from The Glorious and the Grotesque
IDMB Episode 49 - Introduction to Jane Campion (featuring filmmaker Lee Ann Hoover)
IDMB Episode 48 - The Fly
IDMB Episode 47 - Videodrome
IDMB Episode 46 - The Brood
IDMB Episode 45 - Introduction to David Cronenberg (featuring James McCormick of CriterionCast)
IDMB Episode 44 - Doctor Zhivago
IDMB Episode 43 - Lawrence of Arabia
IDMB Episode 42 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
IDMB Episode 41 - Introduction to David Lean (featuring Andy Beach of Techgeist)
IDMB Episode 40 - Four Eyed Monsters
IDMB Episode 39 - Revolution Summer
IDMB Episode 38 - Dance Party, USA
IDMB Episode 37 - Introduction to Mumblecore
IDMB Episode 36 - Last Days of Disco
IDMB Episode 35 - Barcelona
IDMB Episode 34 - Metropolitan
IDMB Episode 33 - Introduction to Whit Stillman (featuring Rudie Obias of Mental Floss)
IDMB Episode 32 - Imitation of Life
IDMB Episode 31 - The Tarnished Angels
IDMB Episode 30 - Written on the Wind
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