THE REPUBLIC · EPISODE FOURTEEN · PRIMAL ELEMENTS · ALL EPISODES
THE THRASYMACHUS INCIDENT
A narrator tells the story. The characters are figures cut from archival films, each first shown where the archive found it, then lifted onto one stage to speak the screenplay's lines. The archive speaks as the Republic's citizens, in their own pictures and voices.
THE CAST, AS FOUND
STRYDERas found in Fire! Patty Learns What to Do · 1951
T-REXas found in Gift of Green · 1946THE SCORE · D-A-E · HONED FOR FILM, CHOSEN BY WHAT EACH MOVEMENT SAYS AND SHOULD FEEL
Chicha Surf & Boreal Glitch Workshop · glitchy electronic, dub reggae
Wai Lana Layover (Anakena Tuning) · triumph, cinematic strings
Swamp Fuzz & The Outlaw Resonator Stomp · funk groove, dub reggae
Jerry's Mutron & Solar Wind Boogie · marching drums, something breaking apart
The Geezer's Stride · dreamy ambient, melancholy guitar
Amazonian Surf Reverb & Bothnian Birch Snap · dreamy ambient, lonely desert