GATEWAY CINEMA, a conversation – Episode 1A: Introduction: Alternatives to “La Haine”

In this multi-part series, we’ve focused on just one movie to explore a key idea in film studies. But this one choice means we’ve left out multitudes. Here is the larger set of also-rans we wrestled with before finally choosing “La Haine”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 1A:

• “The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)” (Tom Six, 2011)
• “Snow on tha Bluff” (Damon Russell, 2011)
• “Roar” (Noel Marshall, 1981)
• “Survive Style 5+” (Gen Sekiguchi, 2004)
• “Blue Velvet” (David Lynch, 1986)
• “Wild at Heart” (David Lynch, 1990)
• “The Deer Hunter” (Michael Cimino, 1978)
• “Spirit of the Beehive” (Victor Erice, 1973)
• “Titane” (Julia Ducournau, 2021)
• “I Am Curious (Yellow)” (Vilgot Sjöman, 1967)
• “I Am Curious (Blue)” (Vilgot Sjöman, 1968)
• “Naked Lunch” (David Cronenberg, 1991)
• “Breakfast of Champions” (Alan Rudolph, 1999)
• “La Haine” (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
• “The Holy Mountain” (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973)
• “Fantastic Planet” (René Laloux, 1973)
• “Life Itself” (Steve James, 2014)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 1A:

• “Vintage Movie Projector | Sound Effect | Feel The Past Film Industry” by n Beats, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhUICp5XeJ4
• “Film Clapperboard Green Screen Effect With Sound” by Jacob Anderson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1sEiCa-yic
• “Slide projector changing with clicks” by (Soundsnap), https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/slide_projector?page=2