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Welcome to the Family moves forward with a small, intimate dinner party. We want to share with you the story of a program that really helped us out. It’s Karyn Kusama’s social thriller, The Invitation.
Time Stamps:
00:30 – Introductions and Synopsis
04:39 – Quick The Invitation Reviews
22:19 – Expanding the Syllabus
40:09 – Analysis
1:12:58 – Shelf or Trash
1:13:32 – Wrap up and Next Week’s Film
Accepting The Invitation
Karyn Kusama’s 2015 follow up to Aeon Flux and Jennifer’s Body is a starkly different film. Moving away from the tongue-in-cheek teen horror style to a brooding, intimate grief study, Kusama looks to master a different style. With a small cast of largely unknowns anchored by a key performance from Logan Marshall-Green, The Invitation looks to unsettle viewers before pulling the rug out. But, is it worth a watch? We talk about all of that before getting into analysis.
This week, we talk a lot about blocking and production design in relation to creating tension. We also talk social stressors, anxiety, grief and trauma, the dangers of proselytizing, and much, much more. So come, sit with us as we talk to you about the impact The Invitation could have on you.
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