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Do the Film Thing
By Victor OmoayoTV & Film
Do the Film Thing episodes
- 02.03 - Set it Off (1996) and Widows (2018)
July 21, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the characters and themes of two heist thrillers, F. Gary Gray's Set it Off (1996) and Steve McQueen's 2018 adaptation of Widows.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:Bell, James. “Thieves Like Us.” Sight & Sound, vol. 28, no. 11, Nov. 2018, pp. 22–26. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=132175783&scope=site.Email the show at [email protected]Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing
22 min - 02.02 - Tár (2022)
July 7, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores writer-director Todd Field's third feature film Tár (2022), starring Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss, Julian Glover, and Sophie Kauer.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
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23 min - 02.01 - Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017)
June 23, 2024 - SEASON TWO PREMIERE! In this audio essay, Victor explores Ridley Scott's two Alien prequel films, Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017) by focusing on their themes of creation and two central characters, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and David (Michael Fassbender).
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:Bolea, Stefan. "Alien: Covenant." Philosophy Now, 2018. https://philosophynow.org/issues/124/Alien_CovenantHyba. "Aliens & Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis of David8." Medium. February 24, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2024. https://hybaiswriting.medium.com/aliens-artificial-intelligence-an-analysis-of-david8-e198c6389e2e.
McWilliam, David. "Beyond the Mountains of Madness: Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror and Posthuman Creationism in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012)." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 26, no. 3, 2015, pp. 531-545,631. Literature Online, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/beyond-mountains-madness-lovecraftian-cosmic/docview/1861072576/se-2?accountid=15020
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28 min - 01.10 - Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
March 10, 2024 - SEASON ONE FINALE! In this audio essay, Victor explores the multiverse-spanning film Everything Everywhere All at Once, written and directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Googly eyes, tax forms, and hot dog fingers - OH MY!
**SEASON TWO will debut June 2024!**
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:Chin, Daniel. ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Reimagines the Multiverse. The Ringer, 29 Mar. 2022. https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/29/23000959/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-multiverse“Everything Everywhere All at Once - Box Office Mojo.” Box Office Mojo, https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6710474/?ref_=bo_se_r_1. Accessed 5 Mar 2024.
“Nihilism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nihilism. Accessed 5 Mar. 2024.
Pratt, Alan. Nihilism | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://iep.utm.edu/nihilism/. Accessed 26 Feb. 2024
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26 min - 01.09 - The Mist (2007)
March 3, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the 2007 horror film The Mist, written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1980 novella by Stephen King.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:"The Mist - Box Office Mojo." Box Office Mojo, www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0884328/?ref_=bo_se_r_1. Accessed 9 Feb. 2024.Email the show at [email protected]
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26 min - 01.08 - The Last Dragon (1985)
February 25, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the 1985 cult classic comedy The Last Dragon, directed by Michael Schultz, starring Taimak, Vanity, and Julius Carry.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:The Last Dragon. Audio Commentary by Michael Schultz, directed by Schultz, TriStar Pictures, 2015.Smalls, Shanté Paradigm. “Eating Popcorn with Chopsticks: Revisionary Black Masculinity in Berry Gordy’s the Last Dragon.” Criticism, vol. 58, no. 2, Spring 2016, pp. 305–26. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.13110/criticism.58.2.0305.
Cha-Jua, S. (2008). Black Audiences, Blaxploitation and Kung Fu Films, and Challenges to White Celluloid Masculinity. In P. Fu (Ed.), China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema (pp. 199-223). University of Illinois Press.
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21 min - 01.07 - After Hours (1985)
February 18, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores Martin Scorsese's 1985 comedy After Hours, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, and Verna Bloom.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:Ebert, Roger. Scorsese by Ebert. The University of Chicago Press, 2008.Edwards, Ivana. "The Essence of 'Kafkaesque'." The New York Times, December 29, 1991, pp. 12, https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/29/nyregion/the-essence-of-kafkaesque.html.
O'Malley, Sheila. "After Hours: No Exit.", The Criterion Collection, July 11, 2023, https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8197-after-hours-no-exit.
Scorsese, Martin, Griffin Dunne, Amy Robinson, Michael Ballhaus and Thelma Schoonmaker. Audio Commentary. After Hours, Criterion Collection, 2023.
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22 min - 01.06 - Mulholland Dr. (2001)
February 11, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores David Lynch's mesmerizing 2001 neo-noir Mulholland Dr., starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring and Justin Theroux.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:Rodley, Chris (edited by). Lynch on Lynch. Revised Edition. London: Faber & Faber, 2005.Lynch, David and Naomi Watts. "David Lynch and Naomi Watts." Mulholland Drive, Criterion Collection, 2015.
Harring, Laura, Johanna Ray, Justin Theroux, and Naomi Watts. "Laura Harring, Johanna Ray, Justin Theroux, and Naomi Watts." Mulholland Drive, Criterion Collection, 2015.
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26 min - 01.05 - Eve's Bayou (1997)
February 4, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the 1997 film Eve's Bayou, the directorial debut of Kasi Lemmons.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:Lemmons, Kasi. "Kasi Lemmons" [Interview] Eve's Bayou, Directed by Kasi Lemmons, Criterion Collection, 2019Allen, Nick. "Ebertfest 2016: Kasi Lemmons Presents a Director's Cut of 'Eve's Bayou'.", April 16, 2016, https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/ebertfest-2016-kasi-lemmons-presents-a-directors-cut-of-eves-bayou.
"AFI Movie Club: EVE’S BAYOU .", June 8, 2020, https://www.afi.com/news/afi-movie-club-eves-bayou/.
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26 min - 01.04 - Do the Right Thing (1989)
January 28, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores Spike Lee's incredible third feature film, 1989's Do the Right Thing, highlighting specific characters and the film's examination of racism.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:“A Conversation With James Baldwin.” 1963-06-24. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. December 4, 2023. .Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 author. The Fire Next Time. New York, Dial Press, 1963.
"Giancarlo Esposito Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ." YouTube, uploaded by GQ, 3 February 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRBhL7ctydE&t=1024s
Lee, Spike. Audio Commentary. Do the Right Thing, Criterion Collection, 1995.
Lee, Spike and Lisa Jones. Do the Right Thing. Fireside, 1989.
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