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August 5, 1997 Satoshi Kon releases his first feature length, animated film titled, "Perfect Blue," a psychological thriller that plays on our every day fears of the internet, from anonymity to stalking, and remains as heavily relevant today as it did 25 years ago, if not, more so. In this episode of Matters in Media, Matters has a guest- the ever spectacular Isaac Sutton- join him in discussing this deeply disturbing, slightly confusing anime.

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SOURCES/REFERENCES FOR THE EPISODE:

High School Musical Franchise

Film Colossus Analysis 

Perfect Blue on Shudder 

Satoshi Kon Lecture on Perfect Blue

I Think We're Alone Now (2008) on TUBI

Selena Quintanilla

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Satoshi Kon and Darren Aronofsky

Movie Oubliette with Dan and Conrad

I’ve been really slacking on this podcast, so this is really an update about the show and the closer for this first season! But don’t worry, Matters in Media will be back with new and interesting episodes in the upcoming months!

Podcasts:

Stoic Coffee Break (Erick Cloward) - https://stoic.coffee/

Honestly with Bari Weiss - https://www.honestlypod.com/

Empty Inside (Jennette McCurdy) - https://emptyinsidepodcast.com/

Movie Oubliette (Dan and Conrad) - https://www.movieoubliette.com/

Movies:

Luca (Enrico Casarosa, 2021)

The Vanishing (Spoorloos) [George Sluizer, 1988]

Incident in a Ghostland (Pascal Laugier, 2018)

Shows:

Loki (Disney+)

Channel Zero: Candle Cove (Shudder)

When Billy Weaver gets a new job in a new town, he tries to find a reasonably priced place to stay until he can find his own living quarters. He finds a rather quaint and cheap bed and breakfast, but is the Landlady truly looking out for Billy, and what secrets is she hiding?

Sources:

roalddahl.com

Man From the South

Chrysanthemums

Squidward's Egg Sack

Kippers

Old British Money

Cyanide Information

Art Vs. Artist Article

The Landlady, Roald Dahl

Othello, Shakespeare

To Kill A Mocking Bird, Harper Lee

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim

A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood is a novel that takes place over the course of one whole day, following an English professor in California in the early 1960's, grieving the loss of his life partner and how he copes with it around so many different people.

Making Gay History

F.J. Jefferiss’ Homosexually-acquired VD

American Psychological Association The History of Gay, Lesbian, Trans Movements

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Wikipdeia

A Single Man - Christopher Isherwood

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell has been a staple in children's horror since its publication in 1981, along with its two sequels, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984), and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (1991). And today, Matters talks about one of the less supernatural, more psychological horror stories from the final book in the series, Scary Stories 3, titled, "Maybe You Will Remember," that draws inspiration from a 1950 movie, So Long at the Fair, and famous urban legends about a Vanishing Hotel Room.

Who is Alvin Schwartz?

Italy During WWII

Third Plague Pandemic in Europe

The Vanishing Lady Quote Investigator

Snopes' Vanishing Hotel Room

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz

In this mini, Matters reads Franz Kafka’s The Knock at the Manor Gate, and barely scratches the surface of what this short tale could possibly mean!

Matters talks about fairy tales, magic realism, tigers, drug cartels, death, and how Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) director, Issa López, beautifully (and tragically) combines it all.  Sources: Difference Between Magical Realism and Fantasy Premio Bellas Artes de Novela José Rubén Romero What is Magical Realism Masterclass A Guide To Magical Realism in Film Urban Fantasy vs. Magical Realism by Rachel Seigel Caroline Seide for The Verge Issa Lopez with Leila Fadel for NPR A Summary and Analysis of 'The Three Wishes' Mexico's Decades-Long Drug War Music by Timmoor and Jacques Barrett The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Matters and Miggy simply give you the entire plot of Host (2020) in this quick, impromptu first episode.