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This Week's Special Subject is a look at the early silent cinema of Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer,\xa0during the years preceding\xa0The Passion of Joan of Arc. We discuss\xa0Michael\xa0(1924), about the relationship between a famous painter and his male model, and\xa0Master of the House\xa0(1925), a comedy about the taming of a tyrannical patriarch. Subjects include Dreyer's unique take on the visionary possibilities of love, which can allow you to transcend ordinary human experience in one way or another; and the interrelationship of patriarchy, matriarchy, and the use of violence and fear in maintaining domestic discipline. And in our Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto segment, we briefly discuss\xa0Carn\xe9's romantic epic\xa0Children of Paradise\xa0(1945), generally considered one of the great masterpieces of French cinema, and another Kinuyo Tanaka film,\xa0Girls of the Night\xa0(1961),\xa0about the consequences for sex workers when prostitution was proscribed by law in mid-1950s Japan.\xa0

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Time Codes:

0h 01m 00s:\xa0 \xa0 \xa0Brief Intro. Carl Theodor Dreyer

0h 10m 29s:\xa0 \xa0 \xa0MICHAEL (1924) [Dir. Carl Th. Dreyer]

0h 31m 35s:\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 MASTER OF THE HOUSE (1925) [Dir. Carl Th. Dreyer]

0h 49m 19s:\xa0 \xa0 \xa0 Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto \u2013 Carn\xe9\u2019s ENFANTS DU PARADIS & Tanaka\u2019s GIRLS OF THE NIGHT

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* Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project (coming next week!) \u2013 a discussion of Late Spring

* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

* Intro Song: \u201cSunday\u201d by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of\xa0The Internet Archive)

* Read Elise\u2019s piece on Gangs of New York \u2013 \u201cMaking America Strange Again\u201d

* Check out Dave\u2019s Robert Benchley blog \u2013 an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist\u2019s 2000+ pieces as he can locate \u2013 Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!\xa0

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