Call for Roundtable Participants-James Landis The Sadist Deadline for submission: November 15, 2006 Online: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html the 29th Annual Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations February 13–16, 2008 Hyatt Regency Albuquerque Albuquerque , New Mexico The area chairs for Trangressive Cinema are seeking participants for a roundtable discussion on James Landis’ 1963, The Sadist. Like Terrence Malick’s Badlands a decade later, The Sadist takes its story from real-life mass-murdering Romeo and Juliet, Charlie Starkweather and Caril Fugate. The Sadist also features cult actor Arch Hall Jr. (Eegah!) as half of the homicidal couple. Along with his insane girlfriend, he makes his way across the country picking victims at random. Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old service station and junkyard for repairs. Unfortunately, this is also where Hall has decided to come off the road, and he manipulates and finally murdersthem just as he had the owners. This film was a major influence on QuentinTarantino script for Oliver Stone’s 1994 film, Natural Born Killers; the similarities are uncanny. As the inaugural film in the Starkweather/Fugate cycle, The Sadist is a key text in a modern folktale of a type only exceeded By the Manson murders. With striking cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond—who would later win an Oscar for his camera work—The Sadist provides a glimpse at Trangressive Cinema in its most pure form. As a surprisingly accomplishedfilm, it is our hope that The Sadist will provide a springboard for discussion about exploitation cinema, mass murderers as cultural icons, and transgression as a concept, among other related topics. Co-chairs Rob Weiner [log in to unmask] > John Cline [log in to unmask] Box 53841 Lubbock texas 79453 Conference Rates: Professionals, $140; Graduate students $120; Spouse, partner $50 Information about our areas of study, conference travel, lodging, and the Organization can be found on our regularly updated website: http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html We look forward to seeing you this winter in sunny Albuquerque Where we invite you to explore Route 66, local pueblos, hiking trails, Museums, the Sandia and Isleta casinos, area ski resorts, and nearby Santa Fe. SW/TX PCA/ACA 2008 Conference February 13-16, 2008 Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone: 1.505.842.1234 Fax: 1.505.766.6710 ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org