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 “Perfect Days”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 5A:

• “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)
• “Dolemite” (D’Urville Martin, 1975)
• “Blacula” (William Crain, 1972)
• “Cecil B. Demented” (John Waters, 2000)
• “Mo’ Better Blues” (Spike Lee, 1990)
• “Another Gay Movie” (Todd Stephens, 2006)
• “Cleopatra Jones” (Jack Starrett, 1973)
• “Border” (Ali Abbasi, 2018)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 5A:

• “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