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A Place For Film - Discussing The Monomyth

Episode 150 - Discussing The Monomyth With Sean Connolly

On this week's episode, we're discussing the Monomyth with Telecom Ph.D candidate Sean Connolly.  The Monomyth is sometimes referred to as the Hero's Journey, and is the dominant story telling method in Hollywood. Sean is studying this for his thesis and gives us a good overview in this episode.

We start with What Have You Seen Lately, Sarah is talking about Nosferatu at the IU Cinema, and Andy is covering the Dennis James event Aelita Queen of Mars, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

We then start covering the Monomyth, Sean discusses the origins of this theory, how it applies to storytelling in film, and how he will work it into his thesis.

Video - Discussing The Monomyth

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  • Movies Mentioned In This Episode:

    About Time

    Aelita: Queen Of Mars

    Avatar

    Battleship Potemkin

    Ben Hur

    Breathless

    Cool Hand Luke

    CRYSTAL FAIRY & THE MAGICAL CACTUS

    Cuba, an African Odyssey

    Doctor Zhivago

    E.T.

    For Ever Mozart

    Frances Ha

    Gone with the Wind

    Hail Mary

    Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

    Hidden Hands

    In Praise of Love

    Jack the Giant Slayer

    Jaws

    King Lear

    La Chinoise

    Masculine Feminine

    Mommy Dearest

    Nosferatu

    Paris, Texas

    Pirate Radio

    Psycho

    Pulp Fiction

    Searching for Sugar Man

    Shadow of the Vampire

    Star Wars

    The Avengers

    The Devil in Miss Jones

    The Hulk

    The Sound of Music

    The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three

    The Wizard of Oz

    Thor: The Dark World

    Whatever Happened to Baby Jane