Blockbusters and Birdwalks

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

GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 1:

• “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Mary Poppins” (Robert Stevenson, 1964)
• “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” (Irvin Kerschner, 1980)
• “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” (Sam Wrench, 2023)
• “Stray Dog” (Akira Kurosawa, 1949)
• “Kids” (Larry Clark, 1995)
• “Ken Park” (Larry Clark and Edward Lachman, 2002)
• “Bless the Beasts and Children” (Stanley Kramer, 1971)
• “Vertigo” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
• “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
• “Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
• “Boogie Nights” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
• “Casino” (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
• “Toy Story” (John Lasseter, 1995)
• “Heat” (Michael Mann, 1995)
• “Nixon” (Oliver Stone, 1995)
• “Four Rooms” (Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino, 1995)
• “12 Monkeys” (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
• “Dead Man Walking” (Tim Robbins, 1995)
• “From Dusk till Dawn” (Robert Rodriguez, 1996)
• “Beautiful Girls” (Ted Demme, 1996)
• “The Bird Cage” (Mike Nichols, 1996)
• “Fargo” (The Coen Brothers, 1996)
• “The Celluloid Closet” (Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 1996)
• “Girl 6” (Spike Lee, 1996)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 1:

• “Star Wars Main Theme” by John Williams for “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Burnin’ and Lootin’” by Bob Marley for the album “Burnin’” by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1973), used in “La Haine” (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
• “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (George Roy Hill, 1969)
• “Eugene’s Lament” by Beastie Boys, Nishita, Bobo, and Eugene Gore for the album “Ill Communication” by Beastie Boys (1994), used in “La Haine” (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. 

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Referenced media:

• “Sin City” (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, 2005)
• “Crash” (Paul Haggis, 2004)
• “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” (George Lucas, 2005)
• “Black Hawk Down” (Ridley Scott, 2001)
• “Gladiator” (Ridley Scott, 2000)
• “Hannibal” (Ridley Scott, 2001)
• “War of the Worlds” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)
• “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” (George Lucas, 1999)
• “Game of Thrones” (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, 2011-2019)
• “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (Rick Berman and Michael Piller, 1993-1999)
• “Syriana” (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)
• “Spartacus” (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
• “Braveheart” (Mel Gibson, 1995)
• “Alien” (Ridley Scott, 1979)
• “Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)
• “Tron” (Steven Lisberger, 1982)
• “Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012)
• “Napoleon” (Ridley Scott, 2023)
• “The Last Duel” (Ridley Scott, 2021)

Audio quotation:

• “Kingdom of Heaven” (Ridley Scott, 2005), including the songs “Ibelin”, “To Jerusalem”, “Path to Heaven”, and “Crusaders” by Harry Gregson-Williams

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. 

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Referenced media:

• “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
• “The Color Purple” (Steven Spielberg, 1985)
• “The Brutalist” (Brady Corbet, 2024)
• “Havoc” (Gareth Evans, 2025)
• “The Raid” (Gareth Evans, 2011)
• “The RaId 2” (Gareth Evans, 2014)
• “The West Wing” (Aaron Sorkin, 1999-2006)
• “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanely Kubrick, 1968)
• “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)

Audio quotation:

• “Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005), including “End Credits” and “Avner’s Theme” (2005) by John Williams
• “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. 

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Referenced media:

• “Baghead” (Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass, 2008)
• “CB4” (Tamra Davis, 1993)
• “Zero Dark Thirty” (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)
• “The Office” (Greg Daniels, 2005-2013)
• “The Mindy Project” (Mindy Kaling, 2012-2017)

Audio quotation:

• “The Puffy Chair” (Jay Duplass, 2005), including “Disconnect the Dots” (2004) by of Montreal
• “CB4” (Tamra Davis, 1993)

This is part of a series about romance in movies. 

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Referenced media:

• “28 Days Later” (Danny Boyle, 2002)
• “Shaun of the Dead” (Edgar Wright, 2004)
• “Dawn of the Dead” (Zack Snyder, 2004)
• “Station 11” (Patrick Somerville, 2021-2022)
• “War for the Planet of the Apes” (Matt Reeves, 2017)

Audio quotation:

• “Warm Bodies” (Jonathan Levine, 2013), including music by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders and the songs “Yamaha” (2012) by Delta Spirit, “Missing You” (1984) by John Waite, and “Midnight City” (2011) by M83, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl-PS1ki3KJhFAu5XY3Aau1Yq3z3VmI3L

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. 

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Referenced media:

• “Distant Sky: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live in Copenhagen” (David Barnard, 2018)
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)
• “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (Steven Spielberg, 2008)
• “Sexy Beast” (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
• “Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
• “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (Robert Altman, 1971)
• “United 93” (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
• “World Trade Center” (Oliver Stone, 2006)
• “Cars” (John Lasseter, 2006)

Audio quotation:

• “The Proposition” (John Hillcoat, 2005), including the songs “Happy Land”, “Down to the Valley”, “Martha’s Dream”, “Sad Violin Thing”, “The Rider Song”, “Road to Banyon”, and “Clean Hands, Dirty Hands” by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

This is part of a series about overlooked movies from 2005. 

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Referenced media:

• “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Gore Verbinski, 2006)
• “Shaft” (Gordon Parks, 1971)
• “Thelma” (Josh Margolin, 2024)
• “Looper” (Rian Johnson, 2012)
• “Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi” (Rian Johnson, 2017)
• “Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982)
• “Sin City” (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller 2005)
• “The Greatest Show on Earth” (Cecil B. DeMille, 1952)
• “Bugsy Malone” (Alan Parker, 1976)
• “The Big Sleep” (Howard Hawks, 1946)
• “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
• “Witness” (Peter Weir, 1985)
• “Knives Out” (Rian Johnson, 2019)
• “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Rian Johnson, 2022)
• “The Shining” (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
• “Wages of Fear” (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
• “Sorcerer” (William Friedkin, 1977)
• “High School Confidential!” (Jack Arnold, 1958)

Audio quotation:

• “Brick” (Rian Johnson, 2005), including “Emily’s Theme” by Nathan Johnson, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-uEelZadhAUjORNgSynf4dEnFeJ2qgpd
• “Blade Runner” (Ridley Scott, 1982, including “Main Titles” by Vangelis, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ABE2FBA2900C03E
• “Sin City” (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, 2005), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRtz8JQw01A
• “Fight On” (Milo Sweet, 1922), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX1YxF8ClgE
• “The Greatest Show on Earth” (Cecil B. DeMille, 1952), including “Prelue (March” by Victor Young
• “Police Siren Sound Effect” by SoundEffectsFactory, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKieGUH9pzg
• “High School Confidential!” (Jack Arnold, 1958), including “High School Confidential” by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ron Hargrave, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xx3RmTNHbE

This is part of a series about romance in movies. 

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Referenced media:

• “Golden Girls” (Susan Harris, 1985-1992)
• “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (Stanley Kubrick 1964)
• “The Graduate” (Mike Nichols, 1967)

Audio quotation:

• “Harold and Maude” (Hal Ashby, 1971), including the songs “Don’t Be Shy” and “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” by Cat Stevens

This is part of a series about romance in movies. 

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Referenced media:

• “Bros” (Nicholas Stoller, 2022)
• “Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)
• “Clueless” (Amy Heckerling, 1995)
• “Pride & Prejudice” (Joe Wright, 2005)

Audio quotation:

• “Fire Island” (Andrew Ahn, 2022), including the song “Pure Imagination” performed by Kathleen, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_OPWtgi2GFGVXixDBXQl1dz8DQQaoMgt