Special Guests: Justin Bozung, Kate Buford, Preston Neal Jones
Guest Co-Hosts: Rob St. Mary, Elric Kane
The 1968 film by Frank and Eleanor Perry, The Swimmer (based on the John Cheever short story of the same name), stars Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, a Connecticut executive who decides to head back home by swimming through the pools of his neighbors, a "river" which he names "Lucinda" after his wife. Along the way, Ned is met with drinks, laughs, reminders of his affairs that went sour, and maybe even reminders that what he pretends to be may be no more.
Elric Kane and co-host emeritus Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the trouble production and ground-breaking ideas of The Swimmer.
Interviews:
Justin Bozung, author of an upcoming book on Frank Perry: 1:41:00
Kate Buford, author of Burt Lancaster: An American Life: 2:33:00
Preston Neal Jones, production assistant on The Swimmer: 03:16:00
Listen/Download Now:
Links:
Buy The Swimmer on Blu-Ray
Read The Swimmer: A prophetic modernist fable set in a fading Eden by Michael Atkinson
Read An Analysis of "The Swimmer" by John Cheever by Rebekah Nydam
Watch Man Fed Up with Commute Swims to Work
Read The Swimmer by John Cheever
Music:
"Like Swimming" - Morphine
"Pool Party" - Two Man Gentleman Band
Watch:
Special Guests: Donald Freed, Alex Cox,
& Joseph McBride
In honor of the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, we're looking at Executive Action, one of the first films to tackle the events of 11/22/1963.
We also talk about related films such as JFK, Flashpoint, The Price of Power and more.
Our special guests include Donald Freed, co-author of the book on which the film was based, filmmaker/writer Alex Cox, author of The President and the Provocateur: The Parallel Lives of JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald, and Joseph McBride, author of Into the Nightmare: My Search for the Killers of President John F. Kennedy and Officer J. D. Tippit.
Links:
Buy Executive Action on DVD
Buy Oliver Stone's JFK on DVD
Buy Flashpoint on DVD
Buy The Price of Power on DVD
Watch Mark Lane's Rush to Judgment
Hear more of Donald Freed on our "Secret Honor" episode
Visit the Donald Freed website
Buy Alex Cox's The President and the Provocateur
Visit the Alex Cox website
Read more about Errol Morris vs. Alex Cox
Buy Joseph McBride's Into the Nightmare: My Search for the Killers of President John F. Kennedy and Officer J. D. Tippit
Visit the Joseph McBride website
Read more about the 1973 Chilean Coup
Buy the various Trials of Lee Harvey Oswald
Watch Frank Sinatra in Suddenly
Watch the trailer for TimeQuest
Watch the trailer for Virtual JFK
Music:
November 22nd, 1963 - Destroy All Monsters
Listen/Download Now:
Watch:
Case Not Closed: The Zapruder Film from Alex Cox on Vimeo.
Special Guests: Justin Bozung, Kate Buford, Preston Neal Jones
