The Index

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 10/21/22] I look at what cosmic horror is and what some of its implications are as well. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true&view_as=public

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 10/6/22] The beloved TV series Lost in Space (1965-68) was never given a proper conclusion. That eventually came, but in another form altogether. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true&view_as=public

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 6/20/22] I needed to make this rebuttal to Steven Crowder's particularly unfair treatment of Sam Fuller's 1982 thriller 'White Dog'. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true&view_as=public

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 5/13/22] What do Nintendo Player's Guides have in common with Medieval bookishness and the general cosmology of that day? I attempt to make some connections in this video. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true&view_as=public

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 3/16/22] Special effects, art and artifice, does it all have to be realistic? This is the question I explore in this video. (Dark Souls footage from Boss Fight Database) Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true&view_as=public

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 11/7/21] Science Fiction has a secret devil and in this episode I explain why The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) and Things to Come (1936) are prime examples of what that devil is. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true&view_as=public

[Originally uploaded to YouTube on 4/7/21] Delve with me into some of the most tantalizing and astounding myths of the ocean's hidden creatures. From sea serpents, to blobs. Music: Bernard Herrmann, from the score for 'Mysterious Island'. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true&view_as=public

Originally uploaded on YouTube on 2/2/21 People who love the operas of Richard Wagner can be very opinionated. Find out why!

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 12/26/20] It's a process which defines much of 80s animation and I take a look at one of the shining examples of this beautiful effect. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true Some good insight from an industry veteran about backlighting and the interesting variation 'top-light' animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Wjd... The Thief and the Cobbler behind-the-scenes blog: http://thethief1.blogspot.com/2008/02... Music: Brian Eno, selections from Music for Films

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 11/30/20] An introduction to an artist who was, perhaps, the greatest unsung painter of the 20th Century: Miodrag "Dado" Djuric. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true Dado website: https://www.dado.virtual.museum/ Music: Alexander Scriabin

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 11/16/20] In Blue Velvet (1986) we are shown David Lynch's love of small town America, and the complex feelings that go with it. This videos contains *SPOILERS* Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true

[Originally uploaded to YouTube on 11/4/20] *SPOILERS* In this quick episode, I talk about the role that the character of Judy plays in the dramatic latter half of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo (1958). Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true

In this video I look at album covers for classical music and discuss why some succeed at representing the music, while others do not. Support my content: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true Music: 0:04 - Symphony No. 5, Mov. 1 - Beethoven 0:54 - Symphony No. 4, Mov. 1 - Brahms 2:08 - Symphony No. 9, Mov. 4 - Beethoven 3:06 - Symphony No. 5, Mov. 1 - Mahler 4:06 - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Mov. 2 - Bach 6:23 - The Rite of Spring, Evocation of the Ancestors - Stravinsky 6:44 - Symphony No. 10, Mov. 1 - Mahler 8:07 - Symphony No. 1, Mov. 2 - Mahler

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 9/10/20] What could the mysterious Super Mario 64 iceberg possibly have to do with Salvador Dali? Stay tuned to find out! Support my content: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 10/16/20] In this video I look at album covers for classical music and discuss why some succeed at representing the music, while others do not. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true

In this video I reveal the connections between a classic piece of South American literature and one of cinema's most (supposedly) incomprehensible films. Support my content: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 4/8/20] In this episode I discuss the cult duo of films Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967) and expound on the worldviews of those films. Support my content: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true

[Originally uploaded to YouTube on 2/18/20] A thorough look at the exceptional musical coherency in the original Lost in Space series, featuring music by John Williams, Herman Stein, Alexander Courage, and others. Support my content: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 1/27/20] We all know the feeling of being alone in an empty maze. I look at some familiar moods and themes connecting The Backrooms, the game NaissanceE, and various other works of art. Support my content: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true

[Originally uploaded to YouTube on 1/22/20] In this episode I go down a list of my favorite orchestral or symphonic scores in anime, some of which are the greatest in the medium. Support my work: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true

[Originally Uploaded to YouTube on 12/18/19] In this installment I briefly talk about a factor in the obsessive fandom surrounding Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. The first in the series of short video essays called The Index. As the name indicates the topics range from a list of various things that interest me. Support my content: https://www.patreon.com/APLattanzi?fan_landing=true