“I really wish someone had understood that this would be important later.”
First broadcast July 11 2014.
Playlist at http://bit.ly/1twqElf
Lost in the Stacks, ENCORE Episode 215: “Citizen Archiving”
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Monthly Archives: December 2017
Supercontext: Blade Runner 2049
Does this film change the way we look at the world the same way its 1982 predecessor and Phillip K. Dick’s original 1968 story did? We look at the aesthetics of this brutal dystopian vision and how it portrays women, fertility, power and agency… all while its financiers struggle with creative accounting to justify another sequel.
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- Blade Runner 2049
- Blade Runner
- Fury Road
- Fluorescent Black (rare and way too expensive)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Additional Resources:
- Blade Runner 2049 director responds to critique of female characters
- Blade Runner 2049 Is a Worthy Heir to a Classic
- Sedate expectations: will Blade Runner 2049 give birth to the slow-burn blockbuster?
- why blade runner 2049 is a misogynistic mess
- Is Blade Runner 2049 sexist ? or a fair depiction of a dystopian future?
- Blade Runner 2049 is an uneasy feminist parable about controlling the means of reproduction
- Blade Runner 2049 screenwriter Michael Green answers our burning questions
- Blade Runner 2 concept art first look
- ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Director Denis Villeneuve Says The Movie We’re Getting Is The Director’s Cut
- Dystopian Box Office Future: Why ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Is Hitting Turbulence With $31M+ Opening
- A body double, CGI skull, and secret filming sessions: Inside the yearlong process to bring this beloved character to the ‘Blade Runner’ sequel
- Behind the breathtaking visual effects of ‘Blade Runner 2049’
- The Replicant: Inside the Dark Future of Blade Runner 2049
Lost in the Stacks, LITSmas 2017
This is our third holiday episode, once again featuring funny voices, kids’ Christmas stories, and plenty of special guests. Merry Christmas!
Supercontext: Deadman, Book One
It’s our Christmas episode and as is our tradition, we’re covering a ghost story. While Deadman’s comics may seem to be about an acrobat solving his own murder… we find out that it’s also about censorship in the 1960s and collusion in the media industry.
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Additional Resources:
- Petit, Z. (2014). STUBBORN. AGGRESSIVE. POSITIVE. Print, 68(5), 18-21.
- How Neal Adams Plans to Bring ‘Deadman’ Back to Life
- The World’s Strangest Writer: A Tribute to Arnold Drake
- Carmine Infantino, Reviver of Batman and Flash, Dies at 87
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 366: Homestar Runner, Gone in a Flash
Guests: The Brothers Chaps of Homestar Runner.
First broadcast December 15 2017.
“We wanted to tell some people some funny stuff, and video was not an option.”
Supercontext: Grimes, Art Angels
How do we respond to a pop music auteur who’s been described as the “patron saint” of her generation? We look at her DIY production work ethic to find out. Additionally, we get very upset about how some try to sexualize, infantilize or demean her with criticism and even death threats.
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Lost in the Stacks, Episode 365: The Material Oomph
Guest: David Sax.
Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2017/12/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-december-8th-the-material-oomph-episode-365/
First broadcast December 8 2017.
“The world is not digital.”
Supercontext: Mindhunter, Season 1
This Netflix program is about the early days of studying serial killers at the FBI. We look at David Fincher’s meticulous storytelling here, as well as the show’s attempts to disrupt the glorification of murder and the methodological portrayal of criminal profiling.
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 364: The Mailbag
Guest: Philip Burrus of the Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group.
First broadcast December 1 2017.
“I put in a FOIA request.”
Supercontext: Ray Bradbury, “How To Keep and Feed a Muse”
In this essay, one of America’s most beloved storytellers provides advice on consuming media, thinking critically about it and applying it to your own work. We get real personal while trying to figure out who our respective “muses” are.