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PREVIEW - #212 - The Conformist

Michael and Us
Michael and Us
Episode • Feb 22, 2021 • 4m
PATREON EXCLUSIVE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/47869131

For this month's Superdelegate pick, we watched Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece The Conformist (1970), about a secret police officer in fascist Italy assigned to assassinate a left-wing intellectual who was once his university professor. We discuss what it means to be a fascist, and the lure of seeking normalcy even within an evil system. PLUS: 50 Shades of Grey, old movies, and what, exactly, is "the canon"?

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