European Queer Cinema of Lack and Excess | The Meetings of Anna | Querelle | Stranger by the Lake #186
About this episode
The episode explores European Queer Cinema through three films, discussing themes of asceticism and excess in queer narratives.
In this second episode (of three) of this year's Pride special series, Cris, Dhruv, Ashwin, and returning guest Prakhar engage with European Queer Cinema through Chantal Akerman's 'The Meetings of Anna', Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Querelle', and Alain Guiraudie's 'Stranger by the Lake' and how they navigate asceticism and excess in the landscape of queer misery. Listen to the full episode for a lot of innuendo (we're blaming Fassbinder for this), academic references (we're blaming Cris for this), and inevitable Bollywood comparisons (we're surprisingly blaming Prakhar for this). Spoilers, if they count. TIME CODES Intro - [00:00 - 03:04] "The Meetings of Anna" (1978) - [03:04 - 37:45] "Querelle" (1982) - [37:45 - 1:18:09] "Stranger by the Lake" (2013) - [01:18:09 - 01:59:13] Outro - [01:59:13 - 02:05:39] Do hit 'Follow' on Spotify if you haven't already to help the podcast reach more people! Follow our Instagram page: https://instagram.com/queenisdead.filmpodcast. Leo Bersani's "Is the Rectum a Grave?" (1987): https://web.english.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Bersani_Rectum.pdf You can (and should!) follow…
People in this episode
Hosts: Cris, Dhruv, Ashwin
Guest: Prakhar
Topics covered
- European Queer Cinema
- asceticism
- excess
- queer misery
- film analysis
- Pride special series
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Meetings of Anna, Querelle, Stranger by the Lake
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