The Haunted Screen

By: Travis Mushett
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  • The Haunted Screen is a narrative podcast about film, history, and the places they intersect. Incorporating extensive research and archival interviews, Professor Travis Mushett explores key movements in global cinema through engaging audio storytelling that appeals to both hardcore cinephiles and casual moviegoers. The first season—"From Caligari to Hitler"—investigates the chaotic, creative world of Weimar Germany. Thanks to our official sponsor, FUJIFILM North America!
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  • Trailer: The Haunted Screen

    Trailer: The Haunted Screen
    Jul 17 2022

    Season One of The Haunted Screen—"From Caligari to Hitler"—premieres on Wednesday, August 17th. Bis bald!

    Music by The Great Pacific Garbage Vortex.
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    2 mins
  • 1.1 — Beginnings: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the Rise of Expressionism, and the Long Shadow of World War I

    1.1 — Beginnings: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the Rise of Expressionism, and the Long Shadow of World War I
    Aug 17 2022

    A world war lost. An economy in tatters. A country riven by political violence. Germany’s Weimar Era had a tumultuous birth, and with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, its filmmakers began to channel that mayhem into sinister celluloid fantasies.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • 1.2 — Villains: Nosferatu, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, and the Timeliness of Terror

    1.2 — Villains: Nosferatu, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, and the Timeliness of Terror
    Aug 17 2022

    In 1922, a pair of diabolical creatures arrived on German movie screens. What can the vampire Count Orlok and the supercriminal Dr. Mabuse teach us about the fears and fantasies lurking in the Weimar imagination?

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    59 mins

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