139: Blade, The Blood Club & Wesley Snipes

About this episode

The episode discusses the 1998 film Blade, focusing on its themes and characters.

Stephen Norrington's 1998 film Blade is the topic of today's discussion, a movie in which a half-human vampire hunter, played by Wesley Snipes, seeks to foil the plot of mildly-bad vampire villain Dorf. Joe & Adam dive into one of Adam's all time favourites and explore the film from several different angles, including Freudian.

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe, Adam

Topics covered

• vampires
• film analysis
• Freudian themes
• action movies
• 1990s cinema

Keywords

• Blade
• Wesley Snipes
• vampire hunter
• Stephen Norrington
• Freudian analysis
• Dorf
• 1998 film

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blade

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