Starship Troopers (Patreon)

Who's ready to talk about fascism? It's "Starship Troopers" in the Hit Factory. We discuss the film's lukewarm reception upon initial release, the post-9/11 critical reassessment, Verhoeven's insistence on violence with consequence as counter to the derealization that supports empire, and the untethering experience of loving a movie you feel sick watching. 

David Roth's New Yorker piece "How Starship Troopers Aligns with Our Moment of American Defeat":https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-starship-troopers-aligns-with-our-moment-of-american-defeat  

Umberto Eco's "Ur-Faciscm":  https://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf  

"Verhoeven, Virilio, and Cinematic Derealization" by J.P. Telotte (Downloadable PDF):  https://online.ucpress.edu/fq/article/53/2/30/39921/Verhoeven-Virilio-and-Cinematic-Derealization