Criterion Reflections – Episode 140 – Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this fourth season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this, the final episode of Season 4, David is joined by Trevor Berrett and Brad McDermott to discuss State of Siege, directed by Costa-Gavras. The film is available on DVD and Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection and is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.

Episode Links:

COSTA-GAVRAS

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Wikipedia
• Letterboxd
• Directors Guild of America
• DW
• Film Lifestyle
• The Guardian
• Huffpost
• TCM

STATE OF SIEGE

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Wikipedia
• Letterboxd
• Boston Phoenix (1973)
• Pittsburgh Press (1973)
• Roger Ebert (1973)
• Vancouver Province (1973)
• Village Voice (4/19/1973)
• Village Voice (4/26/1973)
• Battleship Pretension
• CageyFilms
• Cinepassion
• Eternality Tan
• QNetwork
• Jerry Saravia
• Slant
• Spirituality and Practice

PREVIOUSLY:

CRIES AND WHISPERS

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INTRO TO SEASON 5

MORE!

• Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
• Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
• The Eclipse Viewer
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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• Trevor Berrett [ Twitter / Website ]
• Brad McDermott [ Website / Letterboxd / Instagram ]