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 85 - Bergman/Herzog Recap with Josh Long
IDMB Episode 84 - Fitzcarraldo
IDMB Episode 83 - Stroszek
IDMB Episode 82 - Aguirre, the Wrath of God
IDMB Episode 81 - Introduction to Werner Herzog (featuring Josh Long of More Than One Lesson)
IDMB Episode 80 - Martyrs
IDMB Episode 79 - Them
IDMB Episode 78 - Inside
Introduction to New French Extremity Films (featuring Tim Buel)
IDMB Episode 76 - Wuthering Heights
IDMB Episode 75 - Fish Tank
IDMB Episode 74 - Red Road
IDMB Episode 73 - Introduction to Andrea Arnold (featuring Jenni Miller of BUST)
Update on IDMB Episode 73
IDMB Episode 72 - Master and Commander
IDMB Episode 71 - The Mosquito Coast
IDMB Episode 70 - Picnic at Hanging Rock
IDMB Episode 69 - Introduction to Peter Weir (featuring David Bax of Battleship Pretension)
IDMB Easter Bonus - The Last Temptation of Christ
IDMB Episode 68 - Believe Me
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