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Canon Fodder – Born in Flames

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Two black women, one lying down in bed, one sitting up, have a conversation in a scene from Born in Flames

Born in Flames (1983; Directed by Lizzie Borden)

Canon Fodder Episode 69

This week, Daniel and Corky light the fuse with Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames. Told through pirate radio broadcasts, surveillance footage, fake news reports and punk performances, Borden’s debut imagines a socialist America where revolution has changed everything except the lives of women and minorities. But did your hosts flame on, or did Born in Flames fizzle out short of the Canon?

BORN IN FLAMES FACTS & FIGURES

Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 [tied]

World premiere: Feb. 20, 1983 (Berlin International Film Festival)

IMDB synopsis: “Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups – minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists – are dealt with by the government.”

CLIPS & CLIPPINGS

Trailer for Born in Flames

Revolution Anniversary

WTC Explosion

NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE

Casablanca (1942; Directed by Michael Curtiz)

IMDb synopsis: “A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.”

Our review of Casablanca comes out Tuesday, Sep. 15!

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