#117 - VIY FOR VENDETTA: Dracularity and Poshlost in the Only* Soviet Horror Film

#117 - VIY FOR VENDETTA: Dracularity and Poshlost in the Only* Soviet Horror Film

Dimitri and Khalid return to the Subliminal Cinema to dissect the 1967 Soviet horror classic “Viy”, including: the murky etymology of Gogol’s eponymous “king of the gnomes”, satanic Cossacks, sleazy seminarians, getting spiritually molested by a witch, Gogol’s gift for portraying the poshlost of a poshlosty man, the shockingly ghoulish climax of the film, Khoma Brut getting dragged to Hell In A Bucket, some background on Nikolai Gogol’s life, becoming a liberal satirist superhero before doing trad autofiction and getting cancelled, Belinsky’s scorched earth takedown of Gogol’s politics, Stalin the seminarian, religious dynamics of Marxist-Leninist governments, the failure of edgelord atheism and Stalin’s soyface-inducing reconciliation with God during WW2, Aleksandr Ptushko aka “the Soviet Walt Disney”, the evolving Soviet framings of Gogol, and The Responsibility of the Artist to have perfect politics. For access to full-length premium episodes and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara’ Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

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[#335] PICKING UP THE GUN: “Dirty Harry” and the Countercinema of the Pig

[#335] PICKING UP THE GUN: “Dirty Harry” and the Countercinema of the Pig

In the latest installment of SJ’s Video Weltanschauung, Dimitri and Khalid dissect the Silent Majority’s cinematic counterattack on early ‘70s San Francisco Bay Area leftism: “Dirty Harry” and its fou...

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[#333] WHITE EMPIRE GONE WILD: Trump’s Threats Against Iran, Cuba, and Beyond

[#333] WHITE EMPIRE GONE WILD: Trump’s Threats Against Iran, Cuba, and Beyond

Dimitri and Khalid break down the tense geopolitical moment and the Trump administration’s simultaneous military threats against Iran and Cuba, alongside some related issues: the weaponized centrality...

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[#331] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part 5: Mark of the Outlaw

[#331] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part 5: Mark of the Outlaw

Dimitri and Khalid discuss Patty "Tania" Hearst's debut SLA action - the expropriation of Hibernia Bank in San Francisco - and how this revolutionary spectacle was perceived by personalities in the Ba...

23 Mai 3h 56min

*PREVIEW* [#330] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part 4: Anyone's Daughter (Bye Bye Miss American Pie)

*PREVIEW* [#330] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part 4: Anyone's Daughter (Bye Bye Miss American Pie)

Dimitri and Khalid zero in on the most Spectacular twist in the SLA’s revolutionary career: the “conversion” of kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst into Tania, fearless urban guerrilla, class traitor, and ...

23 Mai 23min

[#329] THE IMPERIAL WEATHER MACHINE: Climate Weaponization in the Middle East

[#329] THE IMPERIAL WEATHER MACHINE: Climate Weaponization in the Middle East

Dimitri and Khalid discuss the very real technology of cloudseeding, the UAE’s massive around-the-clock rainmaker program and its disastrous (intended?) consequences for Iran, Iraq, and Syria, the HAA...

19 Mai 4h 18min

*PREVIEW* [#328] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part 3: My Name is Cin

*PREVIEW* [#328] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part 3: My Name is Cin

Dimitri and Khalid break down the daredevil SLA action that would shock the Pig Power Structure to its core in February 1974: the kidnapping of bourgeois heiress Patty Hearst. For access to full-leng...

18 Mai 26min

[#327] GROTTO OF TRUTH Q&A XXXVIII

[#327] GROTTO OF TRUTH Q&A XXXVIII

Dimitri and Khalid answer questions from the Grotto of Truth Discord about: whether Charles Manson was MKed in prison, US intelligence intrigues in Burma/Myanmar, sus Gorillaz, Tucker Carlson and his ...

10 Mai 3h 14min

*PREVIEW* [#326] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part Two: Privilege (Set Me Free)

*PREVIEW* [#326] YEAR OF THE PHOENIX, Part Two: Privilege (Set Me Free)

Dimitri and Khalid pick up the SLA story in 1972, when the elements of the Symbionese Liberation Army would cohere into a revolutionary cell under the watchful eye of (ex?) CIA contractor Colston West...

6 Mai 27min

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