Re-Animate THIS!

Episode recorded: August 8th, 2026 (08/08/2026)
 
00:00:35 - Episode starts.
00:00:55 - Introducing Adam Zanzie.
00:03:50 - What is Jonathan Livingston Seagull about?
00:11:18 - Some background behind Richard Bach’s book, its theme, its root in the self-esteem movement of that time, and the production of its film adaptation.
00:38:45 - A brief discussion on the documentary subgenre with a fictional narrative.
00:50:43 - Why Walt Disney has a fixation with anthropomorphizing animals in any medium, even long after his death.
00:59:59 - Ad break!
01:02:21 - Would live-action movies with CGI animals still be considered as animation? (Trigger warning: the 2019 remake of The Lion King).
01:05:29 - Jay’s own Jonathan Livingston Seagull moment.
01:15:36 - Why Hall Bartlett, of all people, wanted to turn Jonathan Livingston Seagull Into a live-action movie instead of animation?
01:31:06 - That time the production team housed many seagulls in the Holiday Inn hotel room.
01:33:37 - Why no animator during the 1970s tried to turn Jonathan Livingston Seagull into an animation as it seemed like a fitting medium?
01:36:31 - Would Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) be something that the 2019 remake of The Lion King tried to be?
01:38:59 - Jay’s question to Madzy: How should animators have responded to the 2019 remake of The Lion King?
01:40:56 - Jay’s pitch for his Brechtian CG animated movies involving photorealistic CGI animals.
01:56:34 - Final question for all of us: Why can’t you do it in animation when it’s a lot safer?
 
This took a long while to get released because Jay is having a hectic month and got a new job.
In this episode about a movie about a daredevil seagull rebelling against his flock, Jay and Madzy invited filmmaker and local Richard Bach expert Adam Zanzie. They talked about Bach’s self-help novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull and its film adaptation of the same name by Hall Bartlett, the historical context behind its rugged individualist message, Adam’s life-long research into the movie’s production, and the shaky relation between him and Richard Bach during his time making his video essay on the movie. And some details about how wealthy Hall Bartlett was and he used his money to make his most personal yet esoteric movie in his career. In the wake of movies made with photorealism CGIs and redoing animated movies with them (such as the 2019 remake of The Lion King), could Jonathan Livingston Seagull be made with that technology?
 
Help the Prospect Heights Art Club to become a non-profit entity: https://www.gofundme.com/f/phac-year-five?attribution_id=sl:b6c96f14-9a4e-4066-b6f7-960c65670711&lang=en_US&ts=1786250862
Here is some info on the Prospect Heights Art Club’s exhibition at Studio Contro: https://partiful.com/e/p75Lk5DqoW6vV1qAhD2W
Follow Adam Zanzie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adam_zanzie
Watch Adam’s video essay on JLS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P817PgBqfmg
 
Media we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead):  
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973), directed by Hall Bartlett
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970), written by Richard Bach
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883 – 1892), written by Friedrich Nietzsche
Encounters at the End of the World (2007), directed by Werner Herzog
The Lion King (1995), directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 
The Lion King (2019), directed by Jon Favreau
Mufasa: The Lion King (2014), directed by Barry Jenkins
Watership Down (1978), directed by Martin Rosen
Donnie Darko (2001), directed by Richard Kelly
Bambi (1942), directed by David D. Hand, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Norman Wright, Sam Armstrong, Paul Satterfield, and Graham Heid
Roar (1981), directed by Noel Marshall
The Fox and the Hound (1981), directed by Art Stevens, Ted Berman, and Richard Rich
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (子猫物語) (1986), directed by Masanori Hata

Jay briefly talks about Bouchra, an indie CG animated movie about an anthropomorphic queer Moroccan jackal.

Episode recorded: July 11th, 2026 (07/11/2026)
 
00:00:00 - Important message (why Jay won't be going to Pennsylvania this month).
00:00:28 - Episode starts.
00:05:16 - What is Santa Sangre about? 
00:10:30 - Madzy’s interpretation of Santa Sangre as an allegory for trans experience.
00:30:30 - Who is Alejandro Jodorowsky?
00:38:18 - Jay loves The Holy Mountain.
00:45:14 - How this could also work in animation?
00:46:02 - Ad break!
01:23:08 - Jay recommends one of his favorite Mexican movies We Are the Flesh (Tenemos la carne).
01:25:27 - Some tangents on Mexico, its surrealist movies, and Mexican animation scenes.
01:39:44 - More about the topic for the next month’s episode
 
Jay is laid off from Troma and his planned trip to Pennsylvania has been cancelled. Though at least he gave himself a chance to watch a Mexican horror movie that he hasn’t seen before, and it’s from his favorite film director Alejandro Jodorowsky. It was recommended by his co-host Madzy Williams herself and it’s one of her favorite movies for a personal reason. 
 
Please support Haneen and her students! https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-haneen-koraz-empower-voices-through-art?attribution_id=sl%3A7c48cd74-d034-4ab2-88e1-dcb39f3a0adc&utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3
 
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License)
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead): 
Santa Sangre (1989), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Fando y Lis (1968), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Holy Mountain (La montaña sagrada) (1973), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) (2011), directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Amer (2009), directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears (L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps) (2013), directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
Suspiria (1977), directed by Dario Argento
Punch & Judy (Rakvickarna) (1966), directed by Jan Švankmajer
The works of Haneen Koraz and her students
Dave Made a Maze (2017), directed by Bill Watterson
The works of Kunihiko Ikuhara
The Devil’s Rejects (2005), directed by Rob Zombie
Halloween 2 (2009), directed by Rob Zombie
31 (2016), directed by Rob Zombie
We Are the Flesh (Tenemos la carne) (2016), directed by Emiliano Rocha Minter
The Mansion of Madness (La mansión de la locura) (1973), directed by Juan López Moctezuma
El héroe (1994), directed by Carlos Carrera
Ana y Bruno (2017), directed by Carlos Carrera

Episode Recorded: July 4th, 2026 (07/04/2026)
00:37 - About Ted Efremoff himself.02:53 - Inspiration behind A Refugee’s Guide to Rome.04:43 - How did Ted meet Joseph Peters?06:06 - About Aeneas and Virgil’s Aeneid.13:13 - What’s Ted’s favorite Greco-Roman mythology story?14:16 - What made Ted become a multidisciplinary artist?16:46 - Jay and Ted discuss The Five Obstructions.24:48 - How Ted would reimagine his documentary into an animation.30:39 - The power of oral storytelling.35:42 - Who would be a good animation studio or animator for Ted’s documentary?40:07 - Ted’s personal favorite of his works.43:27 - Do Ted and Joseph still keep in touch?46:23 - “Before we go…..”
Multidisciplinary artist Ted Efremoff came onto the podcast to talk about his documentary A Refugee’s Guide to Rome. Ted Efremoff shared his Felliniesque past as a Russian immigrant who fell in love with Rome, how he met his documentary’s subject Joseph Peters, and how Joseph Peters himself relates his journey with the legendary Aeneas as a LGBTQ rights-supporting refugee fleeing from Sierra Leone, and the power of oral storytelling. Ted also shared how he started his artist career, his fascination with mythology, and his love for the documentary The Five Obstructions. And Jay got confused about archaeoacoustics.
 
More on Ted Efremoff and his works: https://www.tedefremoff.com/A trailer for A Refugee’s Guide to Rome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Ifbwyz0sU A Refugee’s Guide to Rome: https://www.amazon.com/Refugees-Guide-Rome-Ted-Efremoff/dp/B0FXJQY8Y2
https://tubitv.com/movies/100056923/a-refugee-s-guide-to-rome
 
Ted’s instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/tedefremoff/
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Audio Editor: Jay Whang
 

Episode recorded: June 13th, 2026 (06/13/2026)
00:00:00 - Important Message.00:00:54 - Intro and icebreaker.00:04:29 - Begin talking about We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, and its connection with the 2010s creepypasta subculture.00:16:48 - The bridge between the 2010s internet and the 2020s filmmaking.00:18:39 - The queer following of the analog horror subgenre and horror in general.00:27:18 - Begin talking about I Saw the TV Glow.00:37:11 - Jay initially viewed I Saw the TV Glow as a Classic Greek tragedy about a unique transgender experience.00:41:50 - Discussing their childhood media made them realize their core identity or “crack the egg”00:50:22 - Ad break!00:59:02 - About Jane Schoenbrun.01:08:37 - Shout outs to transgender and non-binary animators and puppeteers.01:12:27 - Surrealism and its root in folklores and mythologies around the world.01:29:22 - What would be the animation equivalent to the Jane Schoenbrun movie?01:35:56 - Some discussions on Jane Schoenbrun’s latest movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Masima and their Black Hole streaming show.
On this Pride Month, Jay and Madzy saw Jane Schoenbrun’s movies glow like that pink ghost tattoo on the back of Helena Howard and Lindsey Jordan’s necks. And things get very personal.
Jay and Madzy will talk about Jane Schoenbrun, THE non-binary film director of the 2020s, and the first two films of their filmography - We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and I Saw the TV Glow. The hosts also discussed the 2010s creepypasta subculture, the relation between the LGBTQ+ community and the horror genre and surrealism, their own “Pink Opaque” - youth media that realized their core identity, why the world should fund trans and non-binary storytellers to avoid another Emilia Perez situation, Schoenbrun’s upcoming movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Masima, and their planned streaming adaptation of Charles Burns’s coming-of-age body-horror graphic novel Black Hole. Jay also made a case for “nostalgia-pessimist” or “nostalgia-cynic” media, using Schoenbrun's filmography and Black Hole as examples, as a counter-response to the current nostalgia-baits.
For inquiries: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com Some shout out to transgender and non-binary animators and puppeteers that we follow! Please support their work!
https://linktr.ee/Beeragon
https://www.instagram.com/tucker13x/
https://www.youtube.com/@angelafellowsfilms
https://www.instagram.com/mu_cube/
 
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License)
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead): 
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021), directed by Jane Schoenbrun
I Saw the TV Glow (2024), directed by Jane Schoenbrun
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Masima (2026), directed by Jane Schoenbrun
The Matrix (1999), directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski
Speed Buggy (1973), created by Hanna-Barbera
Greek and Roman Mythology (만화로 보는 그리스 로마 신화) (2000 – 2006), created by Hong Eun-young
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), directed by John Cameron Mitchell
Tux and Fanny (2019), directed by Albert Birney
The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか) (2023), directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Mulholland Drive (2001), directed by David Lynch
Angel Hare (2022 – 2025), created by The Mangan Sisters
Black Hole (1995 – 2005), created by Charles Burns
 

Correction - Around 38:40, Jay has said "disruptive thoughts,” when he meant “intrusive thoughts.”
 
Episode recorded: June 3rd, 2026 (06/03/2026)
 
01:00 - Podcast starts.02:30 - About Joseph Mbah himself.03:20 - How Joseph’s filmmaking journey started.10:28 - How Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight made Joseph become a film director.15:40 - Joseph Mbah’s views on recent animation (including Sony Pictures Animation’s Goat).25:24 - About Whispers Bind, its behind-the-scenes, and how Joseph ended up becoming the movie’s lead actor.33:48 - Joseph’s favorite behind-the-scenes story.35:40 - Joseph’s personal favorite of his filmography.36:50 - What if someone or some studio from any part of the world made the animated adaptation of Whispers Bind?39:00 - What’s Joseph Mbah currently working on?
 
Film director Joseph Mbah has reached out to Jay on Podmatch and he wants to talk about his latest movie Whispers Bind, which will be available on Roku and Fawesome. Because of that, this will be the podcast’s first Special Interview episode where filmmakers, film scholars, or animators share their creative journey, their works, their knowledge in movies, and thoughts on the world of animation. 
 
For more information on Joseph Mbah’s movie Whispers Bind: https://www.paradoxuniverse.net/
 
Trailer for Whispers Bind: https://vimeo.com/1102698686/a0824bb9bc?fl=pl&fe=sh 
 
Joseph Mbah’s instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/joseph_mbah
 
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
 
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Audio Editor: Jay Whang

Note: We were supposed to have guests, but they were no-shows. Because of that, Jay forgot to share a couple things during the podcast and it’s too late already.
 
Episode recorded: May 16th, 2026 (05/16/2026)
 
Madzy Williams is back. And one of our former co-hosts has suggested we look into a  vampire action flick From Dusk Till Dawn, made by our favorite film director Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino based on an idea from special effects artist Robert Kurtzman. To contextualize the independent filmmaking of the time of its release, we also look into Rodriguez’s first feature film El Mariachi, which made its headline for its small budget of $7000. Jay and Madzy talk about their favorite Rodriguez’s movies, the indie movie boom of the 90s, and its similarities with the indie animation boom of the 2020s. Jay has also expressed his annoyance at people comparing last year’s Sinners with From Dusk Till Dawn for their superficial similarities.
 
El Mariachi is currently distributed by Columbia Pictures. It’s now available on video-on-demand, Blu-Rays, and DVDs from Arrow Videos. From Dusk Till Dawn is currently distributed by Miramax through Paramount Pictures. It’s now available on video-on-demand, Blu-Rays, and DVDs from Paramount Home Entertainment. 
 
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ReAnimateTHISPodcast
For inquiries: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com
 
Some promotions, shout outs, and fundraising: 
Jay is now working as one of the observers at the Troma Entertainment, the studio behind The Toxic Avengers and Sgt. Kabukiman. TROMA-THON '26 is going to happen from July 17th to 18th at the Mahoning Drive-in Theater in Lehighton, PA. If you want to see Jay in person, please come to TROMA-THON '26 where you also get to watch some Troma movies.
 
https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/mahoningdrivein/Troma26
 
The submission for Tromadance Film Festival 2026 is still open. If you have made a DIY short film that feels like a Troma production, then please submit your entries now at Tromadance’s Film Freeway page. It will be closed on June 20th. The submission is absolutely free. Tromadance will be held at the Pine Box Rock Shop from September 4th to 6th. 
 
https://filmfreeway.com/TromadanceFilmFestival
 
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License)
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Narrator: Dom Valentini
Audio Editor: Jay Whang
 
Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead): 
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), directed by Robert Rodriguez
El Mariachi (1993), directed by Robert Rodriguez
Bedhead (1991), directed by Robert Rodriguez
Four Rooms (1995), directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino
Spy Kids (2001), directed by Robert Rodriguez
Sin City (2005), directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
Planet Terror (2007), directed by Robert Rodriguez
Machete (2010), directed by Robert Rodriguez
Red 11 (2019), directed by Robert Rodriguez
Sinners (2025), directed by Ryan Coogler
The Terminator (1984), directed by James Cameron
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), directed by John Carpenter
Escape from New York (1981), directed by John Carpenter
VFW (2019), directed by Joe Begos
The Amazing Digital Circus (2023-2026), created by Gooseworx
Sources:
Rodriguez, R. (1996). Rebel without a crew: Or how a 23-year-old filmmaker with $7,000 became a Hollywood player. Plume.

Episode recorded: April 18th, 2026 (04/18/2026)
April is the Armenian American Heritage Month, this means Jay is going to talk about The Color of Pomegranates, that one Armenian movie he mentioned in last year’s Halloween Special. Before that, he invited two creatives of Armenian background - one is his close friend and another is a novelist who has his latest novel publishing soon. Mari Vial-Golden is a theatre actress while Joe Kassabian is a military history podcaster with his gunpowder fantasy novel The Highlands Burn soon coming out. By pure coincidence, The Color of Pomegranates is about a real-life ashugh Sayat-Nova, and the main character of The Highlands Burn is named Sayat. Before going into Sergei Parajanov’s tableau vivants movie, Jay is going to ask Joe about the inspirations behind his upcoming novel. After that, we will deep dive into Parajanov's filmography, his influences from illustrated manuscripts, Armenia’s rich animation culture, and whether The Highlands Burn would be considered as “the first Armenian anime”?
 
And sorry for Jay explaining the summary of these Armenian shorts poorly.
 
The Color of Pomegranates is currently distributed by Janus Films. It is now part of the Criterion Collection and available on video-on-demand, streaming, blu-ray, and DVD. 
 
Mari’s website: https://www.marivialgolden.com/
 
Joe Kassabian’s social media profile: https://bsky.app/profile/jkass99.bsky.social
 
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast’s Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
 
Pre-order Joe Kassabian’s The Highlands Burn: https://a.co/d/09pahrj0
 
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ReAnimateTHISPodcast
 
For inquiries: jay@box.jaywhangmakes.com
 
Some promotions, shout outs, and fundraising:
 
Scout Tafoya’s Stubborn Beast GoFundMe page: https://gofund.me/383ef7b6b
 
Link to the ticket page for the premiere of Ryan’s short Dork at the Coney Island Film Festival: 
 
https://www.coneyisland.com/2026-ciff/program-7
 
Link to the ticket page for the New York City screening of Hellavision Television’s CUNT-A-VISION 2.0: Fix Your Heart Or Die: 
 
https://restlessnites.com/events/hellavisioncuntavision21may2026
 
For info on more screenings of Hellavision Television’s CUNT-A-VISION 2.0: Fix Your Heart Or Die: 
 
https://www.hellavisiontelevision.com/episodes/cunt-a-vision-2-0-fix-your-hearts-or-die
 
https://www.hellavisiontelevision.com/links
 
ARMOR Coalition: https://www.instagram.com/armorcoalition/
 
The Garod Collective: https://www.instagram.com/garod_collective/
 
Arshak Makichyan: https://www.instagram.com/makichyan.arshak/
 
Warren Manvelyan: https://www.instagram.com/warren.manvelyan/
 
Anoush Ter Taulian:
 
https://www.instagram.com/anoushforjustice/
 
(for funds to help the displaced people of Artsakh): https://venmo.com/u/anoushforjustice
 
https://freearmenianprisoners.com/
 
For Vrej Khatchatyran’s education fund: https://donorbox.org/my-sweet-land-vrejs-fund
 
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License)
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Narrator: Dom Valentini
Audio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz
 
Movies, shorts, and tv shows we have mostly discussed during the episode (spoilers ahead):
The Color of Pomegranates (Նռան գույնը) (1969), directed by Sergei Parajanov
The Highlands Burn (2026), written by Joe Kassabian
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тіні забутих предків) (1965), directed by Sergei Parajanov
The Legend of Suram Fortress (ამბავი სურამის ციხისა) (1985), directed by Sergei Parajanov & Dodo Abashidze
Ashik Kerib (აშიკ-ქერიბი) (1988), directed by Sergei Parajanov & Dodo Abashidze
Ivan’s Childhood (Ива́ново де́тство) (1962), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Wow, a Talking Fish! (Ух ты, говорящая рыба!) (1983), directed by Robert Sahakyants
Lilit (Լիլիթ) (1972), directed by Robert Sahakyants
Lur-Da-Lur (Լուր-դա-լուր) (1972), directed by Valentin Podpomogov
The Legend of Parvana Lake (Փարվանա) (1970), directed by Valentin Podpomogov
The Snow Queen (Снежная королева) (1957), directed by Lev Atamanov
My Sweet Land (Տունս քաղցր ա) (2024), directed by Sareen Hairabedian
Aurora's Sunrise (Արշալույսի լուսաբացը) (2022), directed by Inna Sahakyan
Most of sources that I have cited:
Parajanov is special to me: Tarsem Singh meets fans within the framework of Golden Apricot - Armenpress Armenian news agency. armenpress. (2024, July 12). https://armenpress.am/en/article/1195642 
Animation Obsessive Staff. (2024, February 2). In flux with Robert Sahakyants. Animation Obsessive. https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/in-flux-with-robert-sahakyants
Paradzhanov, S. (1998). Seven visions (G. Ackerman & G. Bennett, Trans.). Green Integer. 
Suny, R. G. (1988). The making of the georgian nation. Indiana University Press in association with Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 
Dowsett, C. J. F. (1997). Sayatʻ-Nova: An 18th-century troubadour: A biographical and literary study (Vol. 561). Peeters. 
Stone, N., Stone, M. E., & Bereznyak, A. (2019). Studies in Armenian art: Collected papers. Brill. 
Robinson, B. W. (1967). Persian miniature painting from collections in the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 

Episode recorded: March 21st, 2026 (03/21/2026)
This is mostly a clip-less episode.
Jay and Ryan are back with talking about A Grand Mockery, an Australian movie shot with Super 8mm films and set in the city of Brisbane, Australia. From there on, they discuss Australian film industry, how feature films rarely shot on 8mm films, and what would be the New Yorker animation equivalent to it. In the midst of it, the movie's directors Sam Dixon and Adam C. Briggs enter in and tell the creative process and inspirations behind A Grand Mockery.
A Grand Mockery is currently distributed by Yellow Veil Pictures. It is now available on video-on-demand and blu-ray. You can purchase the physical copy on Vinegar Syndrome. 
Follow Adam and Sam on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/adamcbriggs/https://www.instagram.com/dickos_variety_hour/
And also, please help our co-editor Jessie get her short film Affluenza funded: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aidanserviss/affluenza-a-satirical-short-filmJessie described it as a satirical short film thematically similar to HBO’s Succession with an absurdist element. It’s about the spoiled son of an upper class family who commits a crime that could put his father’s political ambition in jeopardy, so the family hire a doctor to diagnose him for an affidavit. It’s inspired from the real-life case of Ethan Couch, who got away with vehicular manslaughter through non-existence diagnosis called Affluenza. If you like Succession the tv show and interested in the real-life case of Ethan Couch, please help Jessie to get her project off the ground on Kickstarter. The link to the crowdfunding campaign is in the description, and it is currently live until April the 2nd.
And support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/ReAnimateTHISPodcast
 
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Ad break music: Early Riser by Kevin MacLeod - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Best_of_2014_1461/Early_Riser (licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License)
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Narrator: Dom Valentini
Audio Editor: Jay Whang
 
Movies, shorts, and works that we have discussed (spoilers ahead!):
A Grand Mockery (2024), directed by Adam C. Briggs & Sam Dixon
Eraserhead (1977), directed by David Lynch
Lost Highway (1997), directed by David Lynch
Mulholland Drive (2001), directed by David Lynch
DumbLand (2002), directed by David Lynch
The Nightingale (2018), directed by Jennifer Kent
The Babadook (2014), directed by Jennifer Kent
The Loved Ones (2009), directed by Sean Byrne
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008), Directed by Mark Hartley
Lesbian Space Princess (2025), directed by Emma Hough Hobbs & Leela Varghese
Harvie Krumpet (2003), directed Adam Elliot
Bluey, created by Joe Brumm
Sable: A Ghost Story, created by Ethan M. Aldridge
YOLO (2020-2025), created by Michael Cusack
Bushworld Adventures (2018), directed by Michael Cusack
1981 (2026), directed by Andy & Carolyn London
Tango (1981), directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński
Running Up That Hill [Kate Bush Cover] (2019), directed by Meg Myers
The End of Evangelion (1997), directed by Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki 

Episode recorded: February 22nd, 2026 (02/22/2026)
Note: Yes, I made a typo on the thumbnail. And yes some of Brandyn's audio got muted out due to internet connection issue. It was too glitchy that I couldn't hear his explanation. 
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Black history month of February is coming to close and Brandyn of The Most Important Election of Our Lives is back with an Afro-futuristic cult classic movie Born in Flames, directed by Lizzie Borden. It was made during the No Wave Cinema movement right before the indie cinema boom of the 1990s.
What Jay and his animator co-host Ryan Castrillo didn’t expect was the NYC-set movie’s non-conformist storytelling and its surprisingly relevant political theme - and dare to confront the inherent flaws of democratic socialist alternative to then-recent Reagan’s America. To keep themselves warm during the massive blizzard in New York City, each of them share their hot takes and rebel against the conventional opinions (as long as it’s nothing problematic). Jay, Ryan, and Brandyn explore political media with non-conventional aesthetics, animated documentary with lo-fi elements, experimental animation with guerrilla filmmaking elements, and the possibility of animation media that’s rebellious inside-out. This episode was truly born in flames.
Also, check out Hellavision Television’s latest open-call C*NT-A-VISION 2: https://www.hellavisiontelevision.com/open-calls/cuntavision-2-open-call
 
Intro music: WANDERLUST (Celest3 mix) by Celest3 - https://celest3.bandcamp.com/track/wanderlust-celest3-mix (CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
Ending music: Arizona Green Tea by Stuffy Doll - https://stuffydollband.bandcamp.com/track/arizona-green-tea (used it with a permission)
 
Narrator: Dom Valentini
Audio Editor: Jay Whang & Jessie Hymowitz
 
Movies, shorts, and works that we have discussed (spoilers ahead!):
Born in Flames (1983), directed Lizzie Borden
One Battle After Another (2025), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Killers of Flower Moon (2023), directed by Martin Scorsese
The Warriors (1979), directed by Walter Hill
Network (1976), directed by Sidney Lumet
HAPPYEND (2024), directed by Neo Sora
Zero for Conduct (Zéro de conduite) (1933), directed by Jean Vigo
Frank Film (1973), directed by Frank Mouris and Caroline Mouris
Fritz the Cat (1972), directed by Ralph Bakshi
Gorillaz’s The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God, directed by Damon Albarn & Jamie Hewlett
I Died in Irpin (Я померла в Ірпені) (2024), directed by Anastasiia Falileieva
Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר) (2008), directed by Ari Folman
Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ) (1973), directed Eiichi Yamamoto
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022), directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Chainsaw Man manga series by Tatsuki Fujimoto
paul revere is here (1976), directed by Mary Beams & Susan Rubin
The works of Norm McLaren
Jim Mahfood’s Grrl Scout comics