alt.culture

About alt.culture

Welcome to alt.culture! The podcast where we explore the history of art and culture that's off the beaten path, the events that shaped them and the events that they shaped. Tune in to learn about the interesting history of art and culture of different times and different places, and their lasting legacy.

Publisher

Yousef

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Aug 2021

Latest episode

12 Dec 2022

Latest episodes

7 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Dec 2022

   alt.culture episode 7: History of Hong Kong Cinema Part 1- Kungfu

   Hong Kong movies have played a giant role in shaping the pop culture of the world. We'll take a look at the history of Hong Kong and its movies through the lenses of its most popular genres. In the first of this four part series, we'll take an overall look at the formation of Hong Kong, the growth of the movie industry. The focus will be on the Kungfu genre. We'll look at the legends of the genre. We'll explore the history behind the martial arts and their schools, and how Kungfu took the world by storm. Movies cited: The Big Boss, 1971 Fists of Fury, 1972 Way of the Dragon, 1972 Enter the Dragon, 1973 Five Fingers of Death, 1972 Master of the Flying Guillotine, 1976 The Thirty Sixth Chambers of Shaolin, 1978 Drunken Master, 1978 Mystery of Chess Boxing, 1979 Return to the 36th Chamber, 1980 Once Upon A Time in China series, 1991-1997 Ip Man series, 2008-2019 Some great resources: Accented Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/@AccentedCinema The 37th Chamber: https://www.youtube.com/@the37thchamber93 Cool History Bros: https://www.youtube.com/@CoolHistoryBros Never Grow Up, by Jackie Chan Bruce Lee: A Life, by Matthew Polly Chinese Martial Arts: From Antiquity to the 21st Century, Peter A. Lorge The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity: Aesthetics, Representation, Circulation, Yip Man-Fung

2. 

   31 Oct 2022

   alt.culture episode 6: The Grand Guignol and the Birth of Modern Horror

   Madness and Terror! Do you dare listen, to subject your ears to awful tales of murder and brutality? If the whispers lure you in, you will discover in the dark labyrinth of the mind such fearsome figures as: - The most murdered woman in the world. - The mad psychologist who used his knowledge of the human psyche to inflict horror. - The dark master of the art of infernal public attractions. - The sinister former chapel where a secret cabal of the depraved enjoy nightly delights. You are about to listen to a story of a simple theater. A simple theater whose carnival of blood has driven mad the creative arts, whose long tentacles slowly, silently, creep with sinister intent all over the soul of cinema. Only the bravest will remain unscathed, for the wise have long left for safer places. Disclaimer: This podcast is not responsible for any fainting that occurs while listening to this episode. Further Reading: Grand Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror; Michael Wilson, Richard J Hand Theatre of Fear and Horror; Mel Gordon The Most Murdered Woman In The World https://crimereads.com/the-most-murdered-woman-in-the-world/ The Many Deaths of Paula Maxa https://gingernutsofhorror.com/features/the-many-deaths-of-paula-maxa-the-blood-princess-of-paris-by-gg-graham

3. 

   29 Jun 2022

   alt.culture episode 5: The Life and Afterlife of City Pop

   A genre popular in Japan once upon a time suddenly gains worldwide notoriety decades after it's been forgotten. Music and technology, cultural shifts, the nature of nostalgia- and more! Notes: Haruomi Hosono Red Bull Musical Academy Interview https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/haruomi-hosono/ Taeko Onuki Red Bull Muiscal Academy Interview https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/12/taeko-onuki-interview Yamashita Tatsuro Interview http://kumomi.org/2021/09/28/yamashita-tatsuro-interview-2016/ Chocomusic History of City Pop: https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/12/taeko-onuki-interview Japanese City Pop and the Rise of Future Funk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Althvag63pw VisualPolitik How Did Japan's Great Financial Bubble Develop and Burst? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUu2qmOXYnI

4. 

   16 Apr 2022

   alt.culture episode 4: History of Soviet Cinema Part 4

   “A naked woman sits before a portrait of Stalin and smokes marijuana.” This was how one critic described the movies of the late 80s. Obviously something drastic has happened. The state of cinema shifted dramatically in such a few short years. We'll see the seismic changes that rocked the last few years of the Soviet Union, and its impact on film and the film industries. Find out how anti-war film, Mikhail Romm's students, the search for Tarkovsky's heir, "dark" movies, rock music and corpses informed the movies of the late Soviet era, perestroika. Movies discussed: Come and See, 1985 Repentance, 1986 Kin Dza Dza, 1986 Letters from a Dead Man, 1986 Courier, 1986 Forgotten Melody for a Flute, 1987 Dear Elena Sergeyevna, 1988 Assa, 1988 Little Vera, 1988 Black Rose is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose is an Emblem of Love, 1989 Fountain, 1989 Is Stalin With Us?, 1989 Asthenic Syndrome, 1990 Soviet Elegy, 1990 House Under the Starry Sky, 1991

5. 

   12 Dec 2021

   alt.culture episode 3: History of Soviet Cinema Part 3

   After the death of Stalin, the Union went through a dramatic series of transformations. This was felt in the movie industry as well. This episode will deal with the rollercoaster rise and falls of the 30 years after. In this episode you'll find out: - How youth became central to the movie industry. - How comedies got sad. - The movie that reduced the Party leadership to tears. - The film that inspired music videos - Attempts to challenge and dismantle all previous theories on cinema. And we'll meet perhaps the most well-known director of the era. Movies discussed The Forty-First, 1956 Carnival Nights, 1956 The Cranes Are Flying, 1957 Ivan's Childhood, 1962 I Walk Around Moscow/Walking the Streets of Moscow, 1964 I Am Twenty, 1965 Operation Y and Other Adventures of Shurik, 1965 Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors, 1965 Wings, 1966 Andrei Rublev, 1966 Kidnapping Caucasian Style, 1967 The Color of Pomegranetes, 1969 You and Me, 1971 Solaris, 1972 Ivan Vasilievich Changes Professions/Ivan Vasilievich Back to the Future, 1973 Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath, 1975 Office Romance, 1977 The Ascent, 1977 Stalker, 1979 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, 1980 Nostalgia, 1984

6. 

   21 Sept 2021

   alt.culture episode 2: History of Soviet Cinema Part 2

   The 1930s and 40s were a tumultuous period for the Soviet Union. The Stalinist regime and five year plans transformed the political and cultural structure of the country, and the second World War was looming. Cinema felt these seismic shifts. How would the directors of the era, the ones used to the creative freedoms of the avant-garde 1920s, respond to the challenges? Movies Discussed: Enthusiasm: Dziga Vertov, 1931 Komsomol- Leader of Electrification: Esfir Shub, 1932 The Three Songs About Lenin: Dziga Vertov, 1934 Chapaev: Grigori and Sergei Vasiliev, 1934 Circus: Grigori Alexandrov, 1936 Bezhin Meadow: Sergei Eisenstein, 1937 Volga-Volga: Grigori Alexandrov, 1938 She Defends The Motherland: Fridrikh Erlmer, 1943 Ukraine in Flames/Battle for Our Soviet Ukraine: Alexander Dovzhenko, 1944 Ivan The Terrible Part 1 and 2: Sergei Eisenstein, 1944 and 1958

7. 

   9 Aug 2021

   alt.culture episode 1: History of Soviet Cinema Part 1

   How did cinema develop its own language? In this episode we'll discuss the development of cinema in the early days of the Soviet Union, and the directors who theorized the cinematic techniques that are still used to this day. We'll talk about: The beginnings of the country. The experiment that changed how we view movies today. The film that caused a stir in 1920s Berlin. The film that was an attempt to create a plot-less, character-less movie. How people reacted to this new forms of art. And much more. Tune in to part 1 of 4, of the History of Soviet Cinema!

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