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The Blair Witch: The First Viral Hoax (with David Sims)

2024/10/23
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Ryan Broderick 探讨了童年时期的都市传说以及《女巫布莱尔》带来的文化冲击，并分析了影片的成功因素、营销策略以及对后世电影的影响。他详细回顾了影片的制作过程，包括演员的选拔、拍摄过程中的艰辛以及后期剪辑的决策。他还探讨了影片中存在的伦理问题，以及影片的病毒式传播如何与当时的网络环境相结合。 David Sims 分享了他第一次观看《女巫布莱尔》的体验，并对影片的恐怖效果、演员表演以及电影的整体叙事结构进行了评价。他分析了影片的成功之处，并将其与其他伪纪录片电影进行了比较，指出《女巫布莱尔》的独特之处在于其魔力至今未被复制。他还探讨了影片的制作过程，包括演员的选拔、拍摄方法以及后期剪辑等方面，并对影片中人物关系和情节发展进行了深入分析。

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The hosts and guest David Sims discuss their experiences with local urban legends and the impact of hearing stories from friends and family.
  • David Sims shares his obsession with abandoned subway stations in New York City.
  • Ryan Broderick talks about growing up near Salem, Massachusetts, and the prevalence of spooky stories.
  • The conversation highlights how urban legends spread through word of mouth before the internet.

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The Blair Witch Project stands alone in the kind of panic it caused. No film before or since has quite hit the same fevered pitch, where many people actually thought it was real. What made it so magical? How did it come to be, and why did it freak us out like it did?

David Sims joins us to talk urban legends, predecessors to The Blair Witch Project, and the found footage films that have since tried to recreate its culture-gripping moment since.

Our guest David Sims is a culture writer at The Atlantic, and also hosts the podcast Blank Check. Follow his work @davidlsims and find @blankcheckpod wherever you listen to podcasts.

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  • Host: Ryan Broderick

  • Producer: Grant Irving

  • Researcher: Adam Bumas

  • Business Manager: Josh Fjelstad

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