About this episode

The episode discusses the 1954 film Johnny Guitar, directed by Nicholas Ray, exploring its themes of desire and gender politics.

In 1954, Hollywood legend and almost blacklisted Nicholas Ray and on-the-outs-movie-star Joan Crawford got together to make a bonkers paella western melodrama for a Poverty Row studio about the terror of desire and American reaction with TruColor. it's really quite something. we discuss! Read Jennifer Peterson's analysis of Johnny Guitar's particular brew of gender studies and politics here . Our next episode is about "Magellan," which you can watch on Criterion .

People in this episode

Hosts: Corbin Smith, Matt Ellis

Topics covered

• film analysis
• gender studies
• Hollywood history
• melodrama
• politics in film

Keywords

• Johnny Guitar
• Nicholas Ray
• Joan Crawford
• melodrama
• gender studies
• film review
• Hollywood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Criterion

Books & works: Johnny Guitar, Magellan

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