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Swallow (Mirabella-Davis 2019)
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Swallow (Mirabella-Davis 2019 2019)
TOPIC INDEX – Swallow (Mirabella-Davis 2019) (times are approximate)
0:35 – Introductions
5:30 – Discussion begins
5:30 – Viewing context: COVID19 and Marshall’s anxiety
9:37 – The thumbtack
14:36 – Being scared (emotional experience of the film)
18:00 – Use of color, camera work, mise en scène, and acting
20:47 – Laura with the big questions!
23:50 – Culmination of Hunter as a character
30:19 – Disordered eating
33:00 – Hunter’s motivations
42:35 – What about the lamb?
43:20 – Escaping patriarchy and the dinner scene
51:55 – In loving memory of Katy Sirles (Vecitis)
57:21 – Written and directed by a man
59:48 – Controlling images
1:02:05 – Sociology moment – The bathroom end scene and Molotch, “The Rest Room and Equal Opportunity.”
1:08:00 – The hug
1:08:50 – Grading the film
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Episode 58