Episode 220: Brand X (1970)

Special Guests: Sam Chamberlain & Frank Cavestani

Maudit May concludes with a discussion of Brand X by Wynn Chamberlain (AKA Win Chamberlain). This counter-culture comedy skewers advertising of the day (1970) and stars a host of Factory players such as Tally Brown, Taylor Mead, and Candy Darling.

Links:
Be sure to like Brand X on Facebook
Visit the official Brand X website
Read more about Brand X at Sam Shepard's website
Learn more about Tally Brown
Learn more about Ronald Hadley
Visit Frank Cavestani's Acting On the Web site
Buy Last Tango with Marlon
Listen to our episode on Putney Swope

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Trailer for Wynn Chamberlain's "Brand X" (1970) from Artforum on Vimeo.

Episode 219: Star Wars (1977)

Special Guests: Roger Christian, Michael Kaminsky, Chris Taylor, Alexandre O. Philippe, Harmy
Guest Co-Host: Chris Bricklemyer

Continuing our Maudit May series, we look at George Lucas's Star Wars (AKA Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), the sci-fi film from 1977 that has been rendered unavailable in its original form due to its creator's tampering.

We're joined by Outside the Cinema's Mr. Chris to get nostalgic and discuss how Star Wars may (or may not) have influenced our lives.

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Links:
Buy The People Vs. George Lucas on DVD
Buy The Secret History of Star Wars by Michael Kaminsky
Buy How Star Wars Conquered the Universe by Chris Taylor
Buy Cinema Alchemist by Roger Christian
Read more about Roger Christian's Black Angel on io9
Watch The Star Wars Holiday Special on YouTube
Watch From Star Wars to Jedi on YouTube
Read about Harmy's Despecialized Version of Star Wars
Read George Lucas talking about altering films
Listen to Rob St. Mary's interview with Richard Chew on WDET
Read about the Annotated Star Wars
Read about the Lost Cut of Star Wars
Read the io9 Star Wars Guide
Read the Raiders of the Lost Ark story conference
Read George Lucas Was Incredibly Specific About How Much He Wanted Greedo to Shoot First by James Whitbrook
Read Mike White's article on Star Wars Rip-Offs
Visit the OriginalTrilogy.com website
Visit the official Star Wars website

Music:
"In the Year 2525" - Zager & Evans
"Double Sunset" - John Williams
"Star Wars" - Dangerous Darrin
"Star Wars Gangsta Rap" - Jason Brannon & Chris Crawford

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Blast it Biggs! Where are you?! - By @jamieswb from Filmumentaries - Jamie Benning on Vimeo.

Episode 218: Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)

Special Guests: Tom Schiller, Lauren Tom, Michael Streeter, Laila Nabulsi
Guest Co-Host: Skizz Cyzyk

Maudit May continues with Tom Schiller's Nothing Lasts Forever which tells the story of Adam Beckett (Zach Galligan), a disillusioned young man who wants to be an artist. He gets everything he wants... just not in the way he expects it. The anachronistic film also stars Lauren Tom, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Apollonia van Ravenstein.

Remember: Nothing Lasts Forever plays on TCM on May 30, 2015!

Links:
Buy Nothing Lost Forever by Michael Streeter
Visit the official SchillerVision website
Buy Tom Schiller's Henry Miller: Asleep and Awake
Read A Lost Comedic Masterpiece from 1984 by Richard Brody
Read "Nothing Lasts Forever," yet this Bill Murray movie persists by Stephen Saito
Read Nothing Lasts Forever director Tom Schiller by Erik Adams
Check out Homeboy Industries
Support Lauren Tom's fundraising

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Music:
"Nothing Lasts Forever" - Mara Beckerman
Soundtrack - Howard Shore
"It's Only a Paper Moon" - Count Basie & Zoot Sims

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Special Report: Dark Star - HR Giger's World (2014)

Special Guest: Belinda Sallin

On this special episode we discuss Belinda Sallin's 2014 documentary Dark Star: HR Giger's World. We talk about HR Giger, his work, and his legacy.

Links:
Visit the official Dark Star website
Buy Morbid Tales: Celtic Frost by Mark Rudolph

Music:
"Karn Evil 9 First Impression (part one)" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
"Into the Crypts of Ray" - Celtic Frost

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Episode 217: The Other Side of the Wind

Special Guests: Josh Karp & Joseph McBride
Guest Co-Host: Andrew Rausch

We’re kicking off “Maudit May” with a discussion of Orson Welles’s The Other Side of the Wind. A film some fifty years in the making, it has yet to be completed and released.

The film stars John Huston as Jake Hannaford, an aging film director who is working on an artsy fartsy film to try to stay relevant with New Hollywood. Most of the film takes place on Hannaford’s seventieth birthday where he’s surrounded by sycophants, critics, friends and former friends. Populated by a star-studded cast, the film is a treatise on filmmaking, aging, and machismo.

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Links:
Buy Orson Welles's Last Movie by Josh Karp
Buy What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? by Joseph McBride
Buy Making Movies with Orson Welles by Gary Graver (with Andrew Rausch)
Read more about Other Side of the Wind at WellesNet
Buy the Other Side of the Wind script (in English and French)
Read more about Kael Vs. Kane
Buy Andrew Rausch's books
Hear more of Andrew Rausch on the show
Listen to our Saint Jack episode
Listen to our Magnificent Ambersons episode
Listen to our Othello episode
Read about the Netflix Acquisition
Hear Peter Jason's memories of working with Orson Welles on our They Live episode

Music:
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" - Vince Guaraldi Trio

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