New Zeitgeist Tapes episode: Running on Empty

This episode, Emma and Steve look at Sidney Lumet's 1988 film Running on Empty

Listen Here: https://audioboom.com/posts/8551366-running-on-empty

In this episode, Emma and Steve discuss 1988 film Running on Empty. Described by Steve as a 'Hallmark film for terrorists' the film follows the Pope family as they evade the police living in suburban domestic bliss - but only for short periods at a time. 

Directed by Sidney Lumet and starring River Phoenix, Judd Hirsh, Christine Lahti and Martha Plimpton this film combines a discussion of radical politics with a more traditional coming-of-age family drama. 

Link to the New York Times article discussed: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/18/movies/film-view-sentimentalizing-60-s-radicalism.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U0.Se0R.62RNH6uMNg0H&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Link to the Dirty Dancing episode discussed: https://audioboom.com/posts/6941048-dirty-podding