Nightmare Alley
Guillermo del Toro’s latest film has nothing to do with monsters, but everything to do with regular ‘ol humans. How did he get into this noir carnival story, based on a book from the 1940’s? And what did the original author (of the book’s) life and work have to say about searching for answers? Come down this twisty, shadowy trail and learn with us!
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Extras:
trailer, Nightmare Alley (2021) https://bit.ly/nightalley1
article, on author William Lindsay Gresham https://bit.ly/nightalley2
article, origin of the term “geek” https://bit.ly/nightalley3
article, history of noir fiction https://bit.ly/nightalley4
article, on the death of William Lindsay Gresham https://bit.ly/nightalley5
full film, original Nightmare Alley (1947) https://bit.ly/nightalley6
trailer, Shadowlands (CS Lewis film) (1993) https://bit.ly/nightalley7