Psyop Cinema

Thomas Millary

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Psyop Cinema is a podcast about the film industry and its intimate connections to mass manipulation, conspiracy, and the occult. Hosts Thomas Millary and Brett Carollo explore film from a deep politics perspective, demonstrating how the artistry of cinema combines with psychological and technological knowledge to engineer culture in subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways— making each of us the subject of the greatest mind control experiment in history.

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95 episodes

Oppenheimer (Nolan 5)

A return to our series on Christopher Nolan, discussing how Oppenheimer makes explicit the globalist politics implied by the sci-fi transhumanism of some of his previous films. We analyze how the movie  treats standard Nolan themes, such as the master manipulator and the death of the soul (often symbolized by the death of women). Oppenheimer's depiction of the Promethean salesman of science gives us further confirmation of Nolan's significance as a cultural engineer. https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 27m
Mar 11
Taxi Driver

In a discussion that much of our longrunning Joker analysis has built to, we do a deep dive into Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). We explain the foundational place of Scorsese's film in the feedback loop between media and spectacular crime that we call the Joker Cycle. Looking at other relevant films and filmmakers, we speculate on the possible role of Brian de Palma in the Taxi Driver psy-op, discuss Peter Bogdanovich's Targets (1968) as an early entry into the feedback loop, and explain the over-the-top revelation of the method in The Last Horror Film (1982). Breaking down Taxi Driver, we talk about the manufactured profile of the lone wolf spectacular criminal, Travis Bickle as proto-incel, and how the movie is a paradigmatic example of MK-culture reality/fiction breakdown. CORRECTION: The Terror was released in 1963 rather than 1968. https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 29m
Mar 03
The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum (on Chant It Down)

Thomas joins Luemas on Chant It Down Radio, discussing the first three films in the Jason Bourne franchise. Starring the deeply sus Matt Damon, limited hangouts and revelation of the method abound in these movies. Discussing how Hollywood's political messaging has shifted over the last couple decades, Thomas and Luemas explain how the exceptionally spooked-up filmmakers behind this franchise blend sincere critique of CIA wrongdoing with disturbing fetishization of mind control. https://www.chantitdownradio.com/ https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 37m
Feb 27
Leave the World Behind (on William Ramsey Investigates)

We and Sean McCann joined William Ramsey for a discussion about the recent Obama-produced apocalyptic thriller Leave the World Behind. Directed by Sam Esmail, the movie is filled to the brim with globalist propaganda concerning social collapse, 'disinformation,' and the need to trust the technocratic elite at all costs. It also includes the usual subtext concerning the virtues of dissociative pop-culture mind control. https://www.williamramseyinvestigates.com/ https://onegreatworknetwork.com/sean-mccann https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 5m
Feb 01
The Tree of Life, with Steven DeLay (Malick 5)

Thomas and Steven discuss the spiritual and social themes of The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick's 2011 coming-of-age of drama with a cosmic background. They unpack the narrative's biblical references to Genesis and Job, and Steven describes the film's resonances with Augustine, Freud, and Dostoevsky. Analyzing the film's dichotomy between a motherly "way of grace" and a fatherly "way of nature," they disagree about whether The Tree of Life's critiques of 1950s American family life are biblical or aligned with standard Hollywood worship of the divine feminine. https://twitter.com/StevenDeLay4 https://stevendelay.com/ https://sunypress.edu/Books/L/Life-Above-the-Clouds https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 1m
Jan 12
Blade Runner 2049

Continuing the discussion that began with our analysis of Blade Runner, we look at the legacy sequel released in 2017 and directed by Denis Villeneuve. Blade Runner 2049 intensifies the psy-op of the original film, making the Monarch tropes and mind control themes far more obvious. The ever-sus Leto appears as a Elon Musk style tech-oligarch with Promethean aspirations. Considering the various perspectives advanced within the film on human/tech hybridity, we find Blade Runner 2049 to be promoting an anti-human worldview even more insidious than that of the Jared Leto villain. https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 17m
Jan 09
The Albertini Tapes (on Wake the Dead)

Brett and Steven DeLay appeared recently on Sean McCann’s Wake the Dead podcast to discuss the shockingly detailed accusations of ritual murder, blackmail, and human trafficking made by Richie Albertini, an associate of the Gambino crime family who grew up in the 80s alongside a bevy of future Hollywood A-listers. Albertini was later involved in running phone sex blackmail operations for Mossad, and he was the bar-back at Johnny Depp’s Viper room in the 90s. Citing specific films, Brett and Steven explain how incidents like the alleged ritual murder/blackmail initiation detailed by Albertini make their way into Hollywood productions. A must-listen for fans of our Joker series, as one of the top creative contributors to that film is directly implicated by Albertini. https://onegreatworknetwork.com/sean-mccann https://stevendelay.com/ https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 26m
Dec 21, 2023
Mandy and Beyond the Black Rainbow, with Sean McCann

We are joined by Sean McCann for a discussion of the films of Panos Cosmatos, analyzing Beyond the Black Rainbow's MKUltra New Age horror and Mandy's dark psychedelic Nic Cage rampage. Getting into his biting commentary on 1960s boomer spirituality and 1980s Reagan conservatism, we discern which countercultural psyops Cosmatos is rejecting and which ones he wholeheartedly embraces. Dark goddess worship, Programmed to Kill style mind control, and dissociative power trips for the powerless make their usual appearances. Finally, we make some comments about The Viewing, Cosmatos' episode of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. https://onegreatworknetwork.com/sean-mccann https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 35m
Dec 16, 2023
Blade Runner

We talk about Blade Runner, getting into its attack upon the boundaries of the human and its prevalent Illuminati symbolism. Differentiating Philip K. Dick's ill-fated Gnostic impulses from Ridley Scott's overt promotion of the superclass worldview, we contrast the source material and the film, also noting key distinctions between the several cuts of the movie. Blade Runner turns out to be a standard Hollywood sci-fi vehicle for Luciferian transhumanism. https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 21m
Dec 13, 2023
The New World, with Steven DeLay (Malick 4)

Our Terrence Malick series continues with The New World, Malick's depiction of the Pocahontas story. Thomas and Steven analyze the film's treatment of religion, romance, and civilization, while continuing to consider the extent to which Malick's mystical themes are Christian. They discuss philosophical questions raised by the film regarding religious pluralism and phenomenology. https://twitter.com/StevenDeLay4 https://stevendelay.com/ https://sunypress.edu/Books/L/Life-Above-the-Clouds https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 46m
Nov 25, 2023
Return to Oz (Monarch 11 - 13, Extended Preview)

An extended preview of the most in-depth content yet from Brett's Monarch series. In clips from three full length Patreon-only episodes, Brett details his research on the nightmarish 1985 children's film Return to Oz. This preview of the Monarch subseries provides information on the history of Wizard of Oz programming, the occultic career of of child star Fairuza Balk, and how the entire plot of the film is a coded depiction of mind control techniques designed to generate alter personalities. https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

49m
Nov 06, 2023
Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends, with Geoff Shullenberger

Geoff Shullenberger joins us for an analysis of the recent David Gordon Green Halloween trilogy. He discuses a Girardian reading of Halloween Ends as well the "lab leak theory of Michael Myers." Is the 2018 film correctly read as based and right-wing, or is it more of the same MK-culture fetishization of trauma? Why is Halloween Kills so terrible? And does Halloween Ends present a cringe lib approach to evil or a positive subversion of typical Hollywood incel revenge fantasies? https://outsidertheory.com/ https://twitter.com/g_shullenberger https://compactmag.com/ https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 0m
Oct 30, 2023
Halloween III: Season of the Witch, with Sean McCann

We continue through the Halloween franchise, this time joined by Sean McCann to discuss the strange cult classic Halloween III: Season of the Witch. This unique entry in the series showcases some intense revelation of the method in its combined depiction of technology, witchcraft, and corporate media. We discuss the significance of Samhain and demonic pagan religion in both its ancient and modern forms. https://onegreatworknetwork.com/sean-mccann https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 54m
Oct 28, 2023
John Carpenter's Halloween, with the Collins Brothers

We are joined by Paul and Phillip Collins to discuss John Carpenter's Halloween, in the first of three episodes on the Halloween franchise. They explain the apotheosis of Michael Myers, how this archetypal slasher fits into the occult transhumanist project to transcend good and evil and remake humanity. We discuss depictions of evil within Carpenter's work and how the weaponized insanity of Myers relates to demonic clowns and what we have called "the Joker cycle." Invoking the Beyond: The Kantian Rift, Mythologized Menaces, and the Quest for the New Man - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1663213518 https://www.conspiracyarchive.com/author/collins-brothers/ https://twitter.com/PhillipDCollin1 The correct title of the Spanish film that Brett refers to as Agony is Anguish (1987). https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 3m
Oct 25, 2023
Malick's Origins and The Thin Red Line, with Steven DeLay (Malick 3)

We discuss The Thin Red Line with Steven DeLay, after first going much deeper into Terrence Malick's background. Considering many remarkable and little known facts about Malick's biography, we analyze his relationship to the academia/media/intelligence culture creating complex. We then talk about Malick's late 90s epic war film The Thin Red Line, discussing whether the underlying religious message is essentially Christian or pantheistic and unpacking the significance of the film's notable casting choices. https://twitter.com/StevenDeLay4 https://stevendelay.com/ https://sunypress.edu/Books/L/Life-Above-the-Clouds https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 52m
Oct 17, 2023
Jacob's Ladder (On Debra Gets Red Pilled)

We went on the podcast Debra Gets Red Pilled for a fun conversation about the influential horror film Jacob's Ladder. It's a movie that hits most major Psyop Cinema themes, including religious engineering, trauma-based experimentation, the psychedelia psyop, Gnosticism, and fetishization of dissociation. We talk about the highly suspicious drug experience that led to the writing of this film and discuss the essential place of the Vietnam war within MK-culture. https://twitter.com/DebraGetsPilled https://www.deezer.com/us/show/2155432 https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 40m
Sep 21, 2023
Sus of Freedom

A look at the multi-layered psyop around Sound of Freedom, the popular recent Jim Caviezel film dealing with child sex trafficking. In contrast with the charged discourse around the film's alleged QAnon themes, we analyze the subtle quality of the Monarch 'dogwhistles' actually present in the film. We discuss those involved in the production and promotion of this movie, clarifying which of these figures are highly suspicious and which seem to be benign. At the center of our investigation is Caviezel's career (which is strangely filled with movies depicting memory loss and reality distortion) and troubling persona. Finally, we speculate about the possible purpose of this psyop and how it might relate to our current political landscape. https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 6m
Sep 18, 2023
Arlington Road (On William Ramsey Investigates)

Our appearance on William Ramsey's show discussing Arlington Road, a 1999 thriller about domestic terrorism. We show how the film projects the tactics of intelligence services onto the militia movement, resulting in intense misdirection regarding events like Oklahoma City and Ruby Ridge. We also examine the predictably sus credits of the filmmakers, the hints of mind control themes, and the film's overall attempt to undermine social trust and foster the wrong kind of paranoia. https://www.williamramseyinvestigates.com/ https://twitter.com/WilliamRamseyIn https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 22m
Aug 24, 2023
Fantasia and Monsters Inc, with Jamie Hanshaw

Thomas and Mariana are joined by Jamie Hanshaw for a thorough examination of Disney's sinister history. Jamie takes us through Disney's deep state and occult connections, the life of Walt Disney, and how the parks themselves are a microcosm of the spell cast by the dark magic of imagineering. We then talk about Fantasia's probable function as a direct tool of Monarch programming, similar features in Fantasia 2000, and how Monsters Inc acts as a disturbing revelation of the method. https://www.youtube.com/@jamiehanshaw4378 https://jaysanalysis.com/product/hollywood-mind-control-signed-copies/ https://jaysanalysis.com/product/weird-stuff-operation-culture-creation-2-signed-copies/ https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

3h 0m
Aug 10, 2023
Days of Heaven, with Steven DeLay (Malick 2)

Brett is joined by Steven DeLay to discuss Days of Heaven (1978), from Terrence Malick. An ethereal drama set in the Texas Panhandle of the early 20th century, Malick's second film is a romance dealing with tragedy, jealousy, and deception, as well as a philosophically rich commentary on the loss of paradise. Brett and Steven analyze the film's treatment of religion, technology, and utopian dreams. https://twitter.com/StevenDeLay4 https://stevendelay.com/ https://sunypress.edu/Books/L/Life-Above-the-Clouds https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 0m
Aug 02, 2023
Taylor Swift's Mind Control Concerts (On William Ramsey Investigates)

Thomas' appearance from a few weeks ago on William Ramsey Investigates, talking about the suspicious aspects of Taylor Swift. Thomas and William analyze the strange phenomenon of 'Taylor Swift amnesia,' the psychological and spiritual dangers of celebrity-culture, and the overt occult and Monarch symbolism of several Swift videos and live performances. Taylor Swift's recent concerts may represent a phase shift, where mass-scale MKUltra is becoming more intense than ever. https://www.williamramseyinvestigates.com/ https://twitter.com/WilliamRamseyIn https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

50m
Jul 25, 2023
Seven Days in May (On William Ramsey Investigates)

An appearance we did a few months ago on William Ramsey Investigates, discussing Seven Days in May, an early 1960s political thriller about a military coup against the United States president. We analyze the relationship of this film to the Kennedy assassination and consider the complex political dynamics around the killing of JFK and the Kennedy legacy. We also talk about RFK's assassination, RFK Jr.'s candidacy, and the many paths to globalism. https://www.williamramseyinvestigates.com/ https://twitter.com/WilliamRamseyIn https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 9m
Jul 25, 2023
Morbin' Time (Jared Leto 6)

Our Leto series takes us to the infamous 2022 film Morbius. Like Leto's career, Morbius is a highly synthetic product, a strange blend of ideas and images from earlier movies in the superhero genre. We cover the memes mocking the absurdity of the film's existence and discuss how Jared Leto in a superhero-vampire role takes us to the exact occult transhumanist themes one would expect. https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

54m
Jul 15, 2023
Woke Horror, with Rachel Wilson and Dissident Mama

Thomas is joined by both Rachel Wilson and Rebecca Dillingham (Dissident Mama) for a discussion of the thriving subgenre of woke-themed horror. We take a look at the movies Antebellum and Don't Worry Darling, breaking down the inversion, projection, and misdirection in their depictions of mind control. Rachel and Rebecca also rip apart the factual inaccuracies in Antebellum's portrayal of the 19th century South and the failed propaganda of Don't Worry Darling's portrait of 1950s suburban America. https://twitter.com/Rach4Patriarchy https://substack.com/@rwilson https://www.amazon.com/Occult-Feminism-Secret-History-Liberation/dp/B09NGXZKHB/ - Occult Feminism: The Secret History of Women's Liberation https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZGnJ9SUMgD1Hs_MAQYIUJg https://linktr.ee/RachelLWilson https://www.dissidentmama.net/ https://southernorthodox.org/ https://twitter.com/Dissident_Mama Resources on American history mentioned by Rebecca - https://www.amazon.com/Roll-Jordan-World-Slaves-Made/dp/0394716523 https://shotwellpublishing.com/emancipation-hell/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIuJ9YWddUk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeLF8Qxef_c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUsclaam8Dc

1h 55m
Jul 11, 2023
The Collins Brothers on the Religion of the Beyond and Close Encounters of the Third Kind

We are joined by Paul and Phillip Collins to discuss their book Invoking the Beyond. The Collins brothers' research details how the ideology of techno-utopianism replaces the divine with counterfeits such as AI, superweapons, or extraterrestrial 'gods,' using these surrogates to epistemically overwhelm humanity and push for the creation of a 'New Man.' We get into the historical and philosophical aspects of this elite religion of "the beyond," focusing on the increasingly mainstreamed UFO-psyop. Discussing UFO-spirituality gives us the chance to analyze a Spielberg film for the first time on the show, as we unpack the creepy infantilizing messaging of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Invoking the Beyond: The Kantian Rift, Mythologized Menaces, and the Quest for the New Man - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1663213518 https://www.conspiracyarchive.com/2023/03/09/fire-in-the-firmament-the-alien-deception-accelerates/ https://www.conspiracyarchive.com/2023/05/09/ufos-and-the-ghost-of-paul-nitze/ https://twitter.com/PhillipDCollin1 https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

2h 54m
Jun 29, 2023
Badlands, with Steven DeLay (Malick 1)

Brett and Thomas are joined by philosopher Steven DeLay, for the first of an intermittent series we'll be doing with him on the films of Terrence Malick. After giving an overview of Malick, we analyze the Malick movie that most directly interacts with the major topics of Psyop Cinema, his 1973 debut Badlands. We discuss how it treats the themes of social alienation, nihilism and dissociation and consider the possibility that this poetic and eerie lovers-on-the-run crime drama is secretly an MKUltra movie. https://twitter.com/StevenDeLay4 https://stevendelay.com/ https://sunypress.edu/Books/L/Life-Above-the-Clouds https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 45m
Jun 20, 2023
Get Out, with Sean McCann

Brett and Thomas are joined by Sean McCann, for a conversation about Jordan Peele's influential 2017 horror film Get Out. They discuss whether the film's depiction of occult secret societies and trauma-based mind control is ultimately helpful or harmful, getting into the relevance of the film's treatment of racism and what all this reveals about the mindset of the predatory superclass. https://onegreatworknetwork.com/sean-mccann https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com https://protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com https://protonmail.com

2h 7m
Jun 08, 2023
Creation of the Humanoids, with Ken Ammi

Brett speaks with Ken Ammi about Creation of the Humanoids, a 1962 sci-fi film full of transhumanist themes. They discuss the blend of occultism, evolution, and technology, seen in the film's depiction of humanity becoming interchangeable with machines. Brett and Ken also discuss the film's strange background, the usual mind control tropes, as well as the relevance of Gnostic thought. Thomas adds an addendum to their discussion, analyzing a scene that shows the confluence of feminism and the transhumanist agenda. https://truefreethinker.com/ https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 58m
May 30, 2023
The Little Things (Jared Leto 5)

We sift through more serial killer misdirection as we analyze The Little Things, an enigmatic thriller starring Denzel Washington and Jared Leto. All the usual themes of religious engineering and hints of the realities of Programmed to Kill conspiracies are present. Ultimately, this film's odd meta-commentary on the serial killer genre seems to be mostly about Leto's real life pretensions at being a master manipulator. https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com

1h 7m
May 18, 2023
The Thing and Other Carpenter Films, with Geoff Shullenberger and James Ellis

Thomas is joined by two returning guests, James Ellis of Hermitix and Geoff Shullenberger of Outsider Theory, to discuss several John Carpenter films. We talk about the struggle against paranoia and inhuman monstrosity in The Thing, Gnostic-Catholic conspiracies and pop-science in Prince of Darkness, the insights and shortcomings of They Live's critique of consumer capitalism, and we disagree about whether there's anything of cinematic and thematic value in Vampires. Overall, we come to a mixed assessment of Carpenter's work, appreciating some pro-human notes despite his darkly apocalyptic and boomer liberal tendencies. Geoff and James also offer some bonus thoughts on The Last of Us. https://jdemeta.net/ https://twitter.com/meta_nomad https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast http://www.hermitix.net/ https://www.patreon.com/hermitix https://outsidertheory.com/ https://twitter.com/g_shullenberger https://compactmag.com/ https://compactmag.com/article/the-rise-of-the-biosecurity-complex https://twitter.com/CinemaPsyop https://www.patreon.com/PsyopCinema http://psyop-cinema.com/ https://linktr.ee/psyopcinema thomas-psyopcinema@protonmail.com https://protonmail.com brett-psyopcinema@protonmail.com https://protonmail.com

2h 46m
Apr 25, 2023