About this episode
The episode discusses the silent film 'DRAGNET GIRL' and its themes, including queer subtext and social constructs of masculinity.
Help the Trylon afford a 4K projector! https://trylon.org/4K SURPRISE! We’ve got one more Kinuyo Tanaka movie in the tank, because Cody and Jason weren’t able to get 80s Action Extravaganza tickets this year. With Cody out anyway, we’re covering DRAGNET GIRL , our first silent film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. It has a very, VERY different energy from his better-known works with color and sound (for better and worse). A gangster and his moll enter a sort of love triangle when a scrappy ruffian wants to join the gang — only for the young upstart’s sister to catch the gangster’s eye. What follows on Trylove is a discussion of queer subtext (on which we’re not experts), prewar Japanese social constructs of masculinity (on which we’re not experts), and how cool this movie could be if it was like 35 minutes shorter (we’re kind of experts on that one tbh). Give to these causes in need during ICE’s occupation of Minnesota: Support Minnesotans defending their communities from ICE: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/ @sanctuarysupplydepot: Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot @mplsmutualaid: Clearinghouse of…
People in this episode
Hosts: Cody, Jason
Topics covered
- silent film
- queer subtext
- Japanese social constructs
- gangster love triangle
- film critique
Keywords
- DRAGNET GIRL
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Kinuyo Tanaka
- silent film
- queer subtext
- Japanese cinema
- film critique
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Trylon, ICE, sanctuarysupplydepot, mplsmutualaid, ISAIAH
Books & works: DRAGNET GIRL
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