Episode 50. Man Seeking Woman: Audition (1999)
Faculty of Horror
English - May 29, 2017 02:41 - 5 MB - ★★★★★ - 1K ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Takashi Miike created one of the most infamous, beloved and decisive films when he made Audition: a story of people looking for love in all the wrong places that has influenced a generation of filmmakers and terrified audiences all over the world. Andrea and Alex take a deep dive into the international and seemingly universal […]
Takashi Miike created one of the most infamous, beloved and decisive films when he made Audition: a story of people looking for love in all the wrong places that has influenced a generation of filmmakers and terrified audiences all over the world. Andrea and Alex take a deep dive into the international and seemingly universal fears of love, intimacy and what it means to be a “good girl.”
REQUIRED READING
Audition. Dir. Takashi Miike, 1999.
EXTRA CREDIT
Holding Back Half the Nation – The Economist’s examination of Japanese women in the work place.
“Nice Girl”: Social Control of Women Through a Value Construct – Greer Litton Fox’s paper on the taming of women through perceived goodness.
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