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Pet Sematary (Kolsch and Widmyer 2019)
SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE
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Pet Sematary
Hereditary (Aster 2018)
TOPIC INDEX – Pet Sematary (times are approximate)
TOPIC INDEX (times are approximate)
0:00 – Introducing the film
2:40 – Spoilers
3:34 – Discussion begins
6:08 – Compared to Pet Sematary (1989 Lambert)
9:46 – Lambert’s film as critique of the idealized notion of the “traditional” nuclear family
12:26 – Critiques begin with character development
15:12 – Additional critiques starting wtih opening scene
19:06 – It gets more interesting for Laura, sort of
21:06 – Look and sound
22:30 – More on the opening scene
26:19 – Hereditary spoiler
28:47 – Missed opportunities
36:30 – Laura reads the film as a critique of religion
37:00 – Stephen King on religion
40:00 – Character continuum as symbols of religiosity
45:35 – The Wendigo
48:40 – Most ridiculous moments
49:50 – Laura ties it back together
54:28 – More missed opportunities
1:01:30 – Laura and Marshall talk personal experiences with death, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s
1:11:30 – Character names
1:16:15 – Editing
1:17:57 – Structure vs agency
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