We're finally here, Demme's big moment to direct his first film - and he comes out of the gate swinging. We're talking about 1974's CAGED HEAT! We discuss this film's place in exploitation cinema, within the genre of "women in prison" films, their history as a genre, and in the context of the American Prison Complex both in the 1970s and today. We touch on current issues in US prisons, how they seek not to rehabilitate but to punish anyone within the system, before we talk about this film's production. We really flex our Demme muscles here by seamlessly shifting from very serious subjects to having a good time, and we thought we did a good job on this one! So we hope you like it.
Articles mentioned:
Appendix: Psychosurgery | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Are Prisons Obsolete? | Angela Y. Davis
Feminist Filmmaking Peaked with Women-In-Prison Exploitation Films | Nicole Stunwyck
Golden Gulag | Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Inside Women's Prisons | Virginia Kellogg
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie, 2025 | Prison Policy Initiative
There's No Going Back: The Life and Work of Jonathan Demme | David M. Stewart
Torture and Abuse of Prisoners | Amnesty International
Women in Prison Movies as Feminist Jurisprudence | Suzanne Bouclin
Women, Film, and Law | Suzanne Bouclin
Follow Altmania:
https://altmaniapod.com
https://estebannoel.com
Demme Compendium
Support us on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/altmania
No comments yet. Be the first to say something!