Train to Busan: The Guilt Trip Express

Episode 11- Train to Busan: The Guilt Trip Express

To close out our special Screen Scares series, host Sarah and co-host Jennie spark a conversation about the most scary concept of all: losing our humanity. While zombies are scary (especially zombies in this film!), the terror of living in a society devoid of compassion, community and connection is even more frightening. 

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Screen Cares Spotify Playlist: 부산행 Hear the Train to Busan Comin'

Screen Shares Rating: 

• Love Screen- Will your loved one fight trains full of zombies for you? Watch with your partner and find out.
• Little Screen-As always, we encourage you to consider your children and where they are before sharing any media with them– this movie features death, violence, gore and loss, but we feel that the overarching themes of compassion have merit, especially when shared with teens.

Screen Sparks:

1. As we’ve talked about today, the songs Cat’s in the Cradle and Aloha Oe serve important purposes in storytelling, expressing feelings of love, loss and regret, and to explain various power structures. Are there any songs that inspire big feelings, big moments, big concepts for you?
2. During this month of Screen Scares, we’ve dabbled into some of the monstrous ideas that scare us, including murderers and witches. These are quintessential scary themes that we see a lot during Halloween. What makes a monster a “Halloween” monster? And are zombies truly “Halloween” monsters?
3. There are lots of different ways that storytellers, writers and filmmakers scare us; from stories about “crazed” murderers in hockey masks, dolls that come to life and chase us, witches that kidnap our children, clowns that lure children away with red balloons, ghosts that go bump in the night, cursed/demonic beings that want to eat our souls, etc. What scares you most and why? What scares you least and why?
4. There are SO many different types of zombies! Which kind is your favorite and why?

After the Credits Roll-Links Referenced during the show:

IMDB’s Train to Busan Page:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5700672/

Sarah and Jennie chat about their experience with subtitled film during this episode. Enjoy this wonderful piece in The Washington Post that expresses why you should watch a movie (like Train to Busan) with the subtitles on:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/13/you-should-watch-everything-with-subtitles/

Sarah and Jennie discuss the tragedy of the sinking of the MV Sewol and how it is a tragic example of failings on an individual level (the captain and crew who abandoned not just the ship but also hundreds of high school students who were onboard) and the failings of a larger system. Learn more about this horrific accident, the students and their families’ commitment to their memory, and the political fall out here: