Episode 137
Lake Mungo
Supercontext: an autopsy of media · Charlie Bennett
December 28, 20181h 30mExplicit
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Show Notes
This 2009 psychological thriller pretends to be a found footage horror film, when it's actually a dramatic exploration of grief. We discuss writer/director Joel Anderson's process, as well as the funding, distribution and historical themes in the movie.
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Additional Resources:
- Why Lake Mungo is the best ghost film you've never seen
- Lake Mungo Filmmaker Joel Anderson Interview - Media/Culture Reviews
- Lake Mungo – A picture never lies…
- Mourning an Aboriginal death
- Pleistocene human remains from Australia: A living site and human cremation from Lake Mungo, western New South Wales
- Australian Ghost Stories Detail a Very Isolated, Lonely Brand of Terror
- Alice Kept Secrets: Cinematic Grief and 'Lake Mungo' (2008)
- SXSW '09 Interview: "Lake Mungo" Director Joel Anderson
- Review of Joel Anderson's faux documentary thriller LAKE MUNGO
- Scribe tapped for 'Lake' remake