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Movies On The Radio: Films About Isolation

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,
Stacia Brown
Published September 9, 2020 at 9:45 AM EDT
Tom Hanks plays a FedEx worker stranded on a desert island in 2000's "Cast Away."
Tom Hanks plays a FedEx worker stranded on a desert island in 2000's "Cast Away."
Tom Hanks plays a FedEx worker stranded on a desert island in 2000's "Cast Away."
Credit 20th Century Studios/Dreamworks Pictures
Tom Hanks plays a FedEx worker stranded on a desert island in 2000's "Cast Away."

Feeling stir-crazy staying at home during the pandemic? Our next Movies on the Radio may be just what you need. This month with Marsha Gordon and Laura Boyes, we will explore films about isolation and escape.

From Tom Hanks' deep and abiding relationship with Wilson in "Cast Away" to Brooke Shields' love affair with Christopher Atkins in "The Blue Lagoon" to Matt Damon's time stranded in outer space in "The Martian," we will talk about films that envision being alone and what it does to the body, mind, and psyche.

And we want to know your thoughts about a film that portrays isolation. Email us your pick at sot@wunc.org, tweet at us with #sotmovie, or just comment below.

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Stacia Brown
Stacia Brown comes to WUNC from Washington, DC, where she was a producer for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A. She’s the creator and host of two podcasts, The Rise of Charm City and Hope Chest. Her audio projects have been featured on Scene on Radio, a podcast of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University; BBC 4’s Short Cuts; and American Public Radio’s Terrible, Thanks for Asking.
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