Shroud Across The Stars with Josh Edwards - STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002)

05/23/22 • 74 min

Joining your hosts today is UofT student and cinephile, Joshua Edwards to discuss George Lucas’ STAR WARS - Episode II: Attack of the Clones! While there is hardly a shortage of prequel discourse online, Lucas’ visionary trilogy never fails to stimulate some sort of discussion over its varied themes and styles. From its use of genre allusion ranging from the jidai-geki, Douglas Sirk romances, and detective-noirs, as well pioneering a new style filmmaking, listen as Erich, Krishiv, and Josh dive into the digital dreamworld where fates intertwine and prophecies unfold.
Anne Lancashire's Essay: Attack of the Clones and the Politics of Star Wars
Follow Josh on Letterboxd
Josh's Star Wars Saga Review

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Serving The Good Cause - BEAU TRAVAIL (1999)

Young men come from abroad or poached from their homes close by, swelter in the Djibouti sun, staring out at the ocean’s mirage. The same bodies that dance a choreographed routine in the desert also tire as they practice military drills. Largely considered her opus, Claire Denis’ Beau Travail (1999) loosely adapts a tale of envy and wrath from Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd”, all the while weaving France’s colonial reputation from the 20th century. Join your hosts Krishiv and Erich as they serve the good cause and join the rhythm of the night, in consideration of the liminality, geopolitics, and subtext that dominate the film, and indeed this legendary filmmaker's career!
Girish Shambu's Essay: A Cinema of Sensation

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Hong Kong Reloaded with Thomas Chan - HARD BOILED (1992)

In the world of John Woo, to reload is to wave the white flag! Renegades and outcasts, both cop and criminal alike, shower each other in gunfire in this fiery tale of a Hong Kong on the brink of change in Hard Boiled (1992). Erich and Krishiv are joined by fellow UofT alumni and Hong Kong cinema aficionado, Thomas Chan, to discuss the filmmaker’s last hurrah for chivalry in his Hong Kong career before making the trip to Hollywood. Make a paper crane or get in your favorite convertible before tuning in as your hosts dive headfirst into the melodrama and action filmmaking that continues to reverberate on the global cinematic landscape to this day!
Philippa Gates' Article "The man's film: Woo and the Pleasures of Male Melodrama"

David Bordwell's "Planet Hong Kong" (Episode discusses Chapter 4's Enough To Make Strong Men Weep)
Thomas Chan's Letterboxd