Bitch, We’re All Bella Thorne.
After a few weeks of back-to-back quiet, moody films for our “underrated or underseen” theme, Joe and I have switched over to films that are some intense assaults on the senses. For 2017, we revisited Darren Aronofsky‘s religious/eco horror thriller mother!, and that trend continues this week with Sam Levinson‘s (Euphoria) film Assassination Nation (2018)!
In the film, high school senior Lily (Odessa Young) and her three best friends (Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse and Abra) live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats — just like the rest of the world. Their small town gets turned upside down when an anonymous hacker starts to reveal personal messages and secrets of thousands of people. As anger erupts into full-blown violence, the four girls soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an armed mob.
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Episode 166 – Assassination Nation (2018)
It’s trigger warnings for alllllll the things this week as we discuss the lulz in Sam Levinson’s (Euphoria) controversial, confrontational and very, very timely film Assassination Nation (2018)! Joining us for the discussion is writer Dani Bethea!
Join us as we discuss the film’s approach to violence (where is the line between empowerment and re-traumatization?), its unusual (but intentional) lack of slurs, its commentary on empathy, and that awesome single-take home invasion sequence that serves as the centerpiece of the film.
Plus, Chekhov’s Daddy, fisting Oscar the Grouch, Joe’s lesson on the film’s opening sequence, Trace’s comparisons to Detention and why “if you weren’t The Nun, you weren’t gettin’ none!”
Cross out Assassination Nation!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re continuing our “Underrated or Underseen?” theme with a look at our first Gaspar Noé film: Climax!
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