This week, Andi and Lise watched a throwback film and dug into The Terminator, filmed in 1984. They discuss the portrayal of women, the kind of film it was, the context in which it was made, how a story can be told and moved through available tech at the time of filming, and trailblazing Gale Anne Hurd as producer and what that might have meant to the portrayal of female badasses in movies like this. (You may recognize Hurd’s name; she’s also the producer of The Walking Dead on AMC.)
Going ol’ skool!
Original Terminator trailer
More info:
Terminator at IMDB
The Verge: Gale Anne Hurd on sexism in the industry and mentorship
The Hollywood Reporter: reminiscing about The Terminator at 30, with director James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, among others
Film Goblin: behind the scenes of Terminator
Shout-outs! Lise just finished Rebecca Roanhorse’s post-apocalyptic Storm of Locusts, the second in her 6th World Series, and gives it two thumbs up (Andi and Lise talked about Roanhorse’s first book in the series, Trail of Lightning, in episode 71!) Andi decided to start watching Amazon Prime’s Hunters, which deals with literal Nazi-hunters in the 1970s. She got interested in what the US government was actually doing, letting Nazis into the country after WWII, and is now reading The Nazis Next Door, by Eric Lichtblau.
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