Rules of the Frame
057 | The Hitch-Hiker ft. Michelle Johnson
Episode Summary
This week Connor is joined by Michelle Johnson to discuss the only main-stream American film noir directed by a woman: The Hitch-Hiker. They compare the two hostages situation to that of film & TV crews under tyrannical show runners, how Ida Lupino subtly flipped the genre, and just how underrated of a filmmaker she is. WARNING: Major spoilers for The Hitch-Hiker, The Bigamist, & Not Wanted Follow Michelle: mysticalcartoonism.com Book Mentioned: The Mirage Factory - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/541714/the-mirage-factory-by-gary-krist/ Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rulesoftheframe/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rulesoftheframe Twitter: https://twitter.com/RulesOfTheFrame YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCII7_Fevn8na1ZkXyfUeTQA/featured
Episode Notes
This week Connor is joined by Michelle Johnson to discuss the only main-stream American film noir directed by a woman: The Hitch-Hiker. They compare the two hostages situation to that of film & TV crews under tyrannical show runners, how Ida Lupino subtly flipped the genre, and just how underrated of a filmmaker she is.
WARNING: Major spoilers for The Hitch-Hiker, The Bigamist, & Not Wanted
Follow Michelle: mysticalcartoonism.com
Book Mentioned: The Mirage Factory - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/541714/the-mirage-factory-by-gary-krist/
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Films mentioned in this episode:
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- The Hitch-Hiker (1953) | Dir. Ida Lupino
- Ravenous (1999) | Dir. Antonia Bird
- High Sierra (1941) | Dir. Raoul Walsh
- Not Wanted (1949) | Dir. Ida Lupino, Elmer Clifton
- The Bigamist (1953) | Dir. Ida Lupino
- The Da Vinci Code (2006) | Dir. Ron Howard
- The Lord of the Rings (1978) | Dir. Ralph Bakshi
- Seven Psychopaths (2012) | Dir. Martin McDonagh
- Jurassic Park (1993) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
- The Maltese Falcon (1941) | Dir. John Huston
- Jaws (1975) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
- Lincoln (2012) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
- Bridge of Spies (2015) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
- Ready Player One (2018) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
- The Lego Movie (2014) | Dir. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
- Wreck-It Ralph (2012) | Dir. Rich Moore
- Schindler's List (1993) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) | Dir. Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) | Dir. Brad Silberling
- Dumbo (2019) | Dir. Tim Burton
- Nosferatu (1922) | Dir. F.W. Murnau
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) | Dir. Robert Weine
- The Golem (1920) | Dir. Carl Boese, Paul Wegener
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | Dir. David Lean
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) | Dir. Stanley Kubrick
- Outrage (1950) | Dir. Ida Lupino
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) | Dir. D.W. Griffith
- North by Northwest (1959) | Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Legend of the Guardian: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) | Dir. Zack Snyder
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) | Dir. Zack Snyder
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | Dir. Stanley Kubrick
- Deadwood: The Movie (2019) | Dir. Daniel Minahan
- Dunkirk (2017) | Dir. Christopher Nolan
- 1917 (2019) | Dir. Sam Mendes
- Zodiac (2007) | Dir. David Fincher
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) | Dir. David Fincher
- Gone Girl (2014) | Dir. David Fincher
- Se7en (1995) | Dir. David Fincher