On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, return guest, Dr. Rebecca Gibson and I analyze Ana lily Amirpour's debut film: the goth girl German expressionist Iranian vampire spaghetti western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. We talk about fangs, feminism and bloody fun (with more than a few tangents) Enjoy! Happy Halloween!

Production Notes:

Intro: 0:00-3:03

Catch-up with Dr. Gibson's work 3:04-22:23

• Sex with Robots Conference Update
• Cyborgs Ethics and the Matrix discussion and Meeting Keanu

Basics of 'A Girl': 22:24-45:32

• Dr. Gibson's Experience with Amirpour's work
• Plot Synopsis
• Genre Amalgamation
• Trivia
• Crowd Funding/Fan Focus Group Aside

Historical Context 45:33-81:43

• First Screening Experience
• Cinematography Aside (Fang Shot)
• Truncated history of US Iranian relations
• The Use of that history as an atmospheric backdrop
• Is the film too "Western"?
• Influence on the Horror genre
• Physical Media Aside
• The Film's Legacy -10 years later

Social Analysis 81:44-114:35

• The Film's Feminist Flare
• The Rape Culture
• The Pimp's death scene
• The Singularity of Characters
• The 'Unending' (Men aside)
• 'A Girl' vs 'Buffy' Dualling Feminisms?
• The Film's Vampiric Allegory compared to other Vampire Content

Outtro: 114:36-125:49

• Curating a Vampire Themed Film Fest
• Plugs
• The Dojo's Future Essays and Upcoming Episodes
• Post Credit scathing reviews of Megaopolis and Joker 2

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Links

• Dr. Gibson's prolific Work
• Dr. Gibson on Twitter
• The Film's soundtrack available on Youtube
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night essay on the Blog
• Episode 17: The Matrix Franchise
• The Sociologist's Dojo on Twitter and letterboxd