...with category "film"
The Origins of Russian Roulette
The concept of Russian Roulette has a very interesting history and over time, this soldiers’ trick game became a dangerous film stunt.
Nov. 30, 2022
In this episode we're re-watching the Deer Hunter, the first film made about the Vietnam War after it ended, which featured scenes of POWs (and paid participants in back-alley gambling houses) playing what we know as "Russian Roulette", in which two participants shoot a revolver at their own heads with a bullet randomly placed into one ...
Hunted: Where The Crawdads Sing Author Wanted For Snuff Film Related Questioning in Zambia
A story about an American family with a white savior complex, the first snuff film broadcast on national TV, a nameless murder victim executed in a Zambian National Park and a famous novel made into a movie.
Sept. 28, 2022
Before she was a famous fiction author, Delia and her then-husband Mark were anti-poaching activists in both Zambia and Botswana, and are still wanted for questioning in Africa due to a murder which was recorded and broadcast to American audiences in an ABC News documentary in the 1990s. If you like our content, please ...
Russian Roulette
We're talking about Russian Roulette, and other dangerous film stunts.
July 31, 2022
In this episode we're re-watching the Deer Hunter, the first film made about the Vietnam War after it ended, which featured scenes of POWs (and paid participants in back-alley gambling houses) playing what we know as "Russian Roulette", in which two participants shoot a revolver at their own heads with a bullet randomly placed into one ...
Marilyn Monroe and Freud
On the Freuds, films, and psychoanalysis in the life of Marilyn Monroe.
March 31, 2022
In this episode we are talking all about psychoanalysis. What is it, where it came from, and how it directly contributed to Marilyn Monroe's decline and unfortunate suicide. If you like our content please subscribe to our premium episodes ! We begin with a discussion of Sigmund Freu ...