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Michael and Us: One Insular Tahiti

Michael and Us: One Insular Tahiti

A movie more influential on QAnon than any other.

Jacobin Radio · Jacobin

April 5, 202355m 5s

Show Notes

With Trump's indictment in the news, we thought it might be a good time to watch the movie that has been more influential on QAnon than any other: Ridley Scott's little-loved seafaring adventure WHITE SQUALL (1996). We parse this half-forgotten film to figure out why, exactly, the QAnon people love it so much. "Where we go one, we go all!"


Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.