In this episode, we discuss Tsai Ming-liang’s The River, including how Tsai visualizes complex ideas, the reason for Hsiao-Kang's neck pain, and what water represents.

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Supplemental Material:

• The River | City Cinematheque

• City Without Tears by Jonathan Rosenbaum

• Video Essay: "Days Passed" | Lee Kang-Sheng Through the Eyes of Tsai Ming-Liang

• Award-Winning Director Tsai Ming-Liang Reveals The Origins of His Cinematic Dream

• Filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang on Screenwriting

• NYFF58 Talk: Tsai Ming-liang

• Alternative Narratives: Art as Articulated by Tsai Ming-liang I Berlinale Talents 2024

Additional Audio Sources:

• The River (Internet Archive Transfer)

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In this episode, we discuss Sidney J. Furie’s The Entity, including how Carla is disbelieved and dismissed, the disharmony between the film’s sexual assaults and the paranormal climax, and Furie’s use of Dutch angles and the split diopter.

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Supplemental Material:

• Scream Factory's The Entity Blu-ray

• Imprint's Directed by Sidney J. Furie Blu-ray Boxset

• Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films by Daniel Kremer (Book)

• Portraits: Sidney J. Furie | TIFF Originals

Additional Audio Sources:

• The Entity Trailer

• Scream Factory's The Entity Blu-ray

• "Inner Strength" on Scream Factory's Blu-ray

• "High Dread" on Scream Factory's Blu-ray

• "Seeing Is Believing" on Scream Factory's Blu-ray

• "Spirits & Sprocket Holes" on Scream Factory's Blu-ray

• Portraits: Sidney J. Furie | TIFF Originals

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In this episode, we discuss Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure, including how the film differs from traditional mysteries, how Kurosawa depicts violence, and how the filmmaking hypnotizes.

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Supplemental Material:

• The Criterion Collection's Cure Blu-ray

• Eureka! Masters of Cinema's Cure Blu-ray

• Cure on The Criterion Channel

• (There Is No) CURE

• Cure: Erasure by Chris Fujiwara

Additional Audio Sources:

• Cure Trailer

• Eureka! Masters of Cinema's Cure Blu-ray

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