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The first and only podcast bringing you weekly case studies in the pop culture of a dying empire. Every Wednesday, co-hosts Josh, Brian, and A.J. dissect an artifact of popular culture, breaking down how its narrative choices reflect or subvert the reactionary political project. From video games to movies to theater to an apparently infinite supply of evangelical Christian radio drama, we expose the machinations of the worst of all possible worlds in order to figure out how to build a better one. Also, we have bits.
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Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
163 - The Blair Witch Project (feat. Tim Sutton)
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Tim Sutton (Marble Hornets) joins the lads for a bit of light camping and intense witch-hunting as they cover Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick’s 1999 horror phenomenon: The Blair Witch Project. Topics include the film’s DIY filmmaking, the unprecedented marketing, and what it means to reap the consequences of a nation’s wrongdoings when you’re just trying to make a dang student film.
Tim Sutton: Twitter // Instagram
Marble Hornets: Youtube
Media Referenced in this Episode:
- The Blair Witch Project. Dir. Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. Haxan Films. 1999
- Curse of the Blair Witch. Dir. Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. Haxan Films. 1999.
- 8 Days in the Woods: The Making of The Blair Witch Project by Matt Blazi.
- “The Blair Thumb”. Dir. Steve Odekerk. 2002
- The Blair Witch Project: The Dossier by D.A. Stern. Onyx Publishing. 1999.
- The Blair Witch Project: An Oral History by Scott Meslow. The Week. January 13th, 2015.
- The Blair Witch Project’s Heather Donahue Is Alive and Well by Scott Meslow. GQ. September 16th, 2016.
- The Official Blair Witch Website
- The extended fan cut of The Blair Witch Project
- Old archived list of Blair Witch parody sites
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “1:49 AM on November 3rd, 2024” // Written And Performed by A.J. Ditty // “Brothers on a Hotel Bed” Piano Cover by Stephen Guilbert
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