Episode 3: The Golden Age of Propaganda

04/02/21 • 86 min

This week we're officially...weekly! We've been blown away by the support we've gotten with just two episodes, so we want to start churning these out more frequently for everyone to enjoy! Remember to rate, follow, like, and tell your fellow people of Earth about the show. YOU make this possible! We start this episode off with speculating about the current DC Cinematic Strategy versus what the MCU might be up to. We then take a nice skim across the Golden Age of Hollywood before deep diving into the propaganda of World War II and the use of film as a weapon of war. Here's lookin' at you, Kid, it's Guerilla Film History Now! Socials: Twitter: @GFilmHistoryNow IG: @GFilmHistoryNow Email: [email protected] Sources: http://cinecollage.net/advent-of-sound.html https://www.zum.de/whkmla/sp/0607/hyemin/hyemin.mht https://the-artifice.com/world-war-ii-weapon-propaganda-film/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o71Wi1jtBns https://theconversation.com/you-must-remember-this-casablanca-at-75-still-a-classic-of-wwii-propaganda-87113 https://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i103/su09/slides/projects/FilmPropaganda.pdf

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Episode 2: Keepin' it Newsreel

In the last episode, we covered the concept of film as an invention and a novelty. After a brief discussion about the Snyder Cut of Justice League, we begin to explore the beginning of the film industry along with the effects of World War I on the art form. Watch out for Edison's Spy Flies, it's Guerilla Film History Now! Follow us on Twitter @GFilmHistoryNow

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Episode 4: Dial N for Noir

This week, we skip the usual talk about movie news to jump right into Marc's favorite time in Film History, Film Noir! We start with the history of the time period before the film of the era this week to help ground it in the world first. We think that worked out really well and we hope the change is good for you too! We discuss the trauma of WWII, the "return to normal life" after the war, how characters are treated in Film Noir Cinema, and finish up with a talk on if it can be considered a genre. Don't forget to follow us wherever you're listening, share on social media, and give us a review! All of those help out the show more than you could ever know, no matter how many drunk gumshoes you hire to track us down the seedy alley where we record. In this city, the air always smells of rain and half-smoked cigarettes, it's Guerilla Film History Now! Sources: http://www.williamahearn.com/streetsparis.html https://lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/sites/lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/files/43752885%20%281%29.pdf https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-film-noir/ https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/a-guide-to-film-noir-genre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBUaPShXwE