Nope: The Rise of Existential Horror

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In this video, I discuss the 2022 film Nope—written and directed by Jordan Peele—and how its use of existential horror and an Eldritch monster ultimately ties to the theme of spectacle.

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Thomas Flight’s video ‘The Real Villain of Nope’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n74ZpnPY_yI&ab_channel=ThomasFlight

Sources mentioned:
Jordan Peele Says There May Be More ‘Nope’ Stories to Come | The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/movies/jordan-peele-nope.html

Q&A: Jordan Peele on the dreams and nightmares of 'Nope' | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-movies-jordan-peele-0c1ce980e110dbf338fddb74ad1a6842

How Evangelion's Terrifying Angels Inspired Jordan Peele's Nope | Looper
https://www.looper.com/991509/how-evangelions-terrifying-angels-inspired-jordan-peeles-nope/

Jordan Peele: ‘Black people have a different relationship to sci-fi’ | Dazed
https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/56720/1/jordan-peele-nope-interview

‘Nope’: Jordan Peele Gets ‘Inherently Meta’ with ‘Flying Saucer’ Film | IndieWire
https://www.indiewire.com/2022/07/nope-jordan-peele-flying-saucer-horror-1234742805/

‘Biblically accurate angels’ 3D artist:
https://www.instagram.com/jopfe/?utm_medium=copy_link

In the blink of an eye | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
https://news.mit.edu/2014/in-the-blink-of-an-eye-0116

Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena | US National Intelligence
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf

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