Film Listology: #72 - High Noon

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In this "Film Listology" episode of Special Topics in Media, the dialogic duo wrangles with the impact of Fred Zinnemann's Academy Award-winning 1952 film, High Noon. This ideological Film Western stars Gary Cooper as Marshal Will Cain, the outgoing lawman of the small New Mexican town of Hadleyville. Marshal Cain relinquishes his badge in favor of domesticity, but when word that his feared foe, Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald), is released from prison en route to the quiet town, Cain once again brandishes the badge in a desperate effort to enact justice one final time. But the question for our time is: does High Noon maintain its relevance in an age of social justice warriors and ideological talking heads? Can High Noon maintain its cultural context in a time where truth is relative? Garret Castleberry and Scott McMurry evaluate High Noon's cultural significance as the #72-ranked film on the Listology Super Index. 

Hosts: Garret Castleberry, Scott McMurry

Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Alli Garner (Cover Art), Austin Foster (Music)

Recommended readings paired with our Film Listology season:
Rick Altman. Film/Genre. British Film Institute, 1999.

Jim Collins, Ada Preacher Collins, Hilary Radner (Eds.). Film Theory Goes to the Movies, 1st Edition. New York: Routledge, 1992.

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