Going Rogue

Dredd

Going Rogue

Show Notes

2012’s Dredd is a nexus of pop culture rumours, mysteries and intrigue: but are we asking the right question when we ask who actually directed it?

If you wish this episode had been about the 1995 film, it wasn't because Jason Jenkins already wrote a much better breakdown of that breakdown than I ever could.

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CLIPS USED: Dredd (dir. Pete Travis, 2012) Day of Chaos: The VFX of Dredd Mega City Masters: 35 Years of Dredd Empire Podcast #146: Alex Garland, Paul Thomas Anderson Alex Garland Breaks Down His Most Iconic Films (GQ) Alex Garland Interview - TIFF 2012 Alex Garland: How We Made Ex Machina (BFI) Page One Podcast Ep 53 - Alex Garland Born Free (M.I.A) Justin Bieber 800% Slower The Raid: Redemption (dir. Gareth Evans, 2012) DP 30 The Raid: Redemption, writer director Gareth Evans Kermoda and Mayo - Gareth Evans (2012) NDNF Q&A w Gareth Evans, The Raid: Redemption The Raid Redemption: Back Breaking Scene with Mike Shinoda

MUSIC

"Hitman", “Malicious", “Rising", "Rising Tide”, “Oppressive Gloom”, “Prelude & Action”, “Crypto”, “Satiate Percussion”, “Too Cool”, “Beauty Flow”, “Floating Cities”, “Nonstop”, “Eternal Terminal”, “Leaving Home", “Industrial Cinematic", “Morgana Rides”, “Groove Grove", “Unwritten Return", “Deep Haze", “Hiding Your Reality" & "Synapse"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“Suspended Animation” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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