One If By Land, Two If By Spaceship

One If By Land, Two If By Spaceship

Ross is joined by returning guest Dr. Ben Railton to discuss the 1996 blockbuster smash, "Independence Day". They discuss the film's cultural moment, the nature of disaster films, masculinity in the End of History, and much more! See you this fall for season 3! FURTHER READING: Railton, Ben. Of Thee I Sing: The Contested History of American Patriotism. Keane, Stephen. Disaster Movies: The Cinema of Catastrophe. Brown, Stephen. The Ecstasy of Destruction [https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/55779/the-ecstasy-of-destruction] Railton, Ben. Alien Nation: Alien Autopsy [https://americanstudier.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-28-2025-alien-nation-alien.html] and Alien America: ID4 [https://americanstudier.blogspot.com/2019/07/july-11-2019-alien-america-id4.html]. Check out Black, White, and Read All Over [https://blackwhiteandread.com/]! FURTHER WATCHING: "Mars Attacks!" (1996) "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004) "The Brother From Another Planet" (1984) "Don't Look Up" (2021) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Newsman Cometh

Ross is joined by returning guest, friend of the show, and resident Bondologist Paul Klein to talk 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies". They look at how the franchise continued to adapt to the End of History 90s and the evolution of the "Bond Girl", as well as the film's (shockingly accurate) prescience. Don't forget to check out HowToReadMovies.com and the Cold War Cinema podcast! FURTHER READING: McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. Chapman, James. License to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films. Moore, Alan. Watchmen. Baudrillard, Jean. Simulacra and Simulation. FURTHER WATCHING: "Yes, Madam" (1985) "SuperCop 2" (1993) "Wing Chun" (1994) "Hackers" (1995) "Watchmen" (2009) "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Violent Years, Part 3

We conclude this three-part mini-series with the evolution of the teen movie and cultural panics around youth culture from the early 60s up to the present day! FURTHER READING: Tropiano, Stephen. Rebels & Chicks: A History of the Hollywood Teen Movie. Doherty, Thomas. Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950s. Shary, Timothy. Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen. Shary, Timothy. Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in Contempory American Cinema. Mintz, Steven. Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood. Starnheimer, Karen. Pop Culture Panics: How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency. FURTHER WATCHING: "Beach Party" (1963) "American Graffiti" (1972) "Cooley High" (1974) Rebel Highway (1994) [https://archive.org/details/rebel-highway-complete-series-of-films] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Violent Years, Part 2

It's part 2 of my series on the JD Media Archive! I take you through some of the filmmaking trends and themes from the collection, and provide some tips for exploring on your own. If you find something interesting that you want to share, email the show at historyonfilmpodcast@gmail.com and I will feature it in our conclusion episode! FURTHER WATCHING: The JD Media Archive! [https://www.youtube.com/@JDMediaArchive] FURTHER READING: Doherty, Thomas. Teenagers and Teenpics: Juvenilization of American Movies. Klein, Amanda Ann. American Film Cycles: Reframing Genres, Screening Social Problems, and Defining Subcultures. Medovoi, Leerom. Rebels: Youth and the Cold War Origins of Identity. Solinger, Rickie. Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v. Wade. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Violent Years, Pt. 1

Welcome to the first installment of a (3 part?) mini-series on my ongoing genre study project! In this episode, you'll hear about the origins of the teen movie- including the industrial and economic conditions that helped create them, the exploitation approach to film making, and much more! Also, the Paramount decision was in 1948, NOT 1947, but I have done a lot of editing already and am very tired. Check out the JD Media Archive [https://www.youtube.com/@JDMediaArchive] on YouTube! FURTHER READING: Tropiano, Stephen. Rebels and Chicks: A History of the Hollywood Teen Movie. Schaefer, Eric. Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959. Betrock, Alan. The I Was a Teenage Juvenile Delinquent Rock'N'Roll Horror Beach Party Movie Book: A Complete Guide to the Teen Exploitation Film, 1954-1969. May, Elaine Tyler. Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era. Coontz, Stephanie. The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap. FURTHER WATCHING: "Blackboard Jungle" (1955) "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) The JD Media Archive! "High School High" (1996) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.