Details, credits, errata: This week’s episode is about the ridiculous 2005 horror-noir Constantine, one of the early comic-book movies of the modern era and probably the best DC movie in… ever? Our guest is Vox’s terrific healthcare reporter Dylan Scott, a stand-up guy, an interesting Christian with an enormous brain, and a big fan of this flick, which we’re kicking ourselves for not thinking of doing before him (but we’re glad we didn’t, so we could have him talk about it). Dylan has a big piece on coronavirus responses coming soon at Vox, where he is Alissa’s colleague, so keep an eye out for that.
Our lead image on the website this week is a painting of Hell from the early 16th century, often incorrectly attributed to Heironymous Bosch but probably the work of one of his followers, imaged by the Heritage Museum and used with our thanks via Wikimedia Commons. Alissa mentions Bosch a few times in this episode; he is a big influence on the production design of this movie.
Our theme song is Louis Armstrong and His Hot 5’s Muskrat Ramble, made freely available by the Boston Public Library and audio engineering shop George Blood, LP through the Internet Archive. Constantine is copyright 2005 Warner Bros. Pictures. Brief audio excerpts are used herein for purposes of review and no other copyright is intended or implied. All other material is copyright 2021 Sam Thielman and Alissa Wilkinson.
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