Squaring the Strange: Bigfoot on Film

by | Nov 28, 2018 | Benjamin Radford, Cryptozoology, Hoaxes, Media Literacy, Podcasts, Squaring the Strange | 0 comments

For those who missed it, a recent episode of Squaring the Strange featured award-winning filmmaker Erik Kristopher Myers who joined Celestia and I to discuss Bigfoot on film. Starting with a quick analysis of the famous and most influential Bigfoot film, the Patterson-Gimlin footage, we tour the offerings since then, looking both at pop culture and the more serious efforts of a particularly litigious present-day Canadian Squatcher. Various Bigfoot and Yeti have flourished in all genres, popping up in horror films as well as children’s entertainment. The creature has captured imaginations and resulted in some twisted depictions over the years.

 

Please check it out, you can listen to it HERE!

You can find more on me and my work with a search for “Benjamin Radford” (not “Ben Radford”) on Vimeo, and please check out my podcast Squaring the Strange! 

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