a podcast exploring the film annihilation one minute of screentime per episode
First Episodes
the structure of everything that lives
the first of three flashbacks before we begin
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how long did you think you were in there?
the second of three flashbacks before we begin
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the rhythm of the dividing pair
our third and final flashback before we begin
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a confirmation of something on the printed page to which one returns, fortified and satisfied
a reading list and a little controversy before we begin #annihilation
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if you look from a mountain-top down
the paramount pictures logo and skydance logo offer us stars while lena (natalie portman) sits in a room with scientists looking on in annihilation, minute 1
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