X-Files: Fight the Future
About this episode
Jamelle and John discuss the 1998 X-Files movie, exploring its themes of conspiracism and government secrecy.
On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John discuss the 1998 X-Files movie, directed by Rob Bowman with a screenplay by X-Files creator Chris Carter. Starring, obviously, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, the X-Files movie tells a convoluted story of hidden aliens, government plots, a secret cabal of evil rich people and a global conspiracy. It is a perfect encapsulation of 1990s conspiracism and we had a great time discussing it. Episodes come out every two weeks, so check back then for an episode on Saving Private Ryan , Steven Spielberg’s World War II action thriller. And over at the Patreon, we have an episode on Confirmation , the 2016 drama on the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. You can find that at patreon.com/unclearpod .
People in this episode
Hosts: Jamelle Bouie, John Ganz
Topics covered
- X-Files
- 1990s conspiracism
- government plots
- global conspiracy
- film analysis
Keywords
- X-Files
- Fight the Future
- conspiracy
- film
- 1990s
- David Duchovny
- Gillian Anderson
- Chris Carter
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Patreon, X-Files
Books & works: X-Files: Fight the Future, Saving Private Ryan, Confirmation
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