This week on Be Afraid, we explore how slasher films make us feel about random acts of violence. We also compare slashers to body horror and ask the question of whether or not the horror genre might present us with a vision of human life as fully embodied.
Joining us this week:
Larry Rench is an orchestrator for TV and film and has worked on projects ranging from the Final Destination series to The Haunted Mansion to 2005’s much under-appreciated monster movie Man-Thing.
Scott Rice is an award-winning writer, producer, and director based in Austin, Texas. He also co-teaches a film class at the University of Texas along with Matthew McConaughey.
Keiko Sugihara is a writer, director, and actor based in Los Angeles. She wrote and directed Vampire American, a short film in which she also stars.
Maria Vera Ratti is an actress known for The Lying Life of Adults and Inspector Ricciardi. Most recently, she was Sister Yulia in Deliver Us.
Anna Zlokovic is a writer, director, and producer whose work in the horror genre includes short films, limited series, and, most recently, her feature film Appendage.
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Music: Jeremy Hunt and Qoholeth
President Obama met with Billy Graham yesterday, the first time a sitting president has met in Graham’s North Carolina home, according to his spokesman A. Larry Ross.
Franklin Graham, whose invitation to a Pentegon prayer service was rescinded last week, also attended the meeting. Here are the details from Ross:
Over coffee, the two men discussed a variety of topics, including their wives, and love for and similar experiences with golf and Chicago – where the President started his career, and Mr. Graham attended school and has had several significant crusades.
Like others before him, President Obama shared how lonely, demanding and humbling the office of President can be, and how much he appreciated the counsel of people like Mr. Graham and the prayers of so many citizens.
Mr. Graham presented the President with two Bibles – one for him, and other for the First Lady – after which the President prayed for Mr. Graham, who, in turn, concluded with a prayer for the President, his family and his Administration.
Obama and Graham were supposed to meet in October 2008 during the campaign, but it was canceled due to Graham’s health.
“Reverend Graham has obviously been an important spiritual leader for past presidents and for the American people for decades,” White House spokesman Bill Burton said. “He’s a real treasure for our country. The president appreciates the opportunity to visit him at his home.”
Graham made a rare public appearance in Charlotte last week for a ceremony at the Billy Graham Library, which reopened last week after renovations.
