D. Harlan Wilson discusses his book from the University of Illinois Press, J.G. Ballard. Part of the Masters of Modern Science Fiction series, Prof. Wilson provides a look at Ballard's literary career as well as some of the adaptations of his work for the cinema.
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"Down In The Park" - Gary Numan
"Atrocity Exhibition" - Joy Division
"High Rise" - Hawkwind
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September 18, 2019
June 4, 2019
Episode 418: Total Recall (1990)
Special Guest: Gary L. GoldmanGuest Co-Hosts: Jedidiah Ayres, Rob St. Mary
We’re kicking off back to back discussions of Philip K. Dick adaptations with a look at 1990's Total Recall. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, the film spent years in turnaround until Arnold Schwarzenegger was attached and got the thing made. It's the story of a common construction worker who dreams of life on Mars. When he learns of a procedure that can implant memories of being on Mars, things get a little complicated.
Rob St. Mary and Jedidiah Ayres join Mike to discuss the complicated road which Total Recall took to get to the silver screen as well as the wretched Len Wiseman remake and the strange television spin-off. Screenwriter Gary Goldman reveals how he helped shape the film to make it the success it ultimately became.
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Buy Total Recall on Blu-Ray
Buy We Can Remember It for you Wholesale and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick
Listen to our episode on The Fly
Listen to our episode on Blade Runner
Listen to our episode on Big Trouble in Little China
Music:
Original Score - Jerry Goldsmith
"Total Recall: The Musical (Mountains of Mars" - Jon and Al
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March 18, 2019
Special Report: The Fly (1986)
Special Guests: Emma Westwood, Stuart CornfeldGuest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, Samm Deighan
Samm Deighan and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss The Fly. Released in 1986, David Cronenberg’s film stars Jeff Goldblum as scientist Seth Brundle, a man who meets a journalist, Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis). The film tells the tale of their relationship as they get together and become driven apart after an accident changes Brundle irreparably.
Special guests are Emma Westwood, author of the Devil's Advocates book on The Fly and producer Stuart Cornfeld who discusses his work on The Fly as well as Tropic Thunder, Mimic, and more.
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Links:
Buy The Fly: The Ultimate Connection on Blu-Ray
Read about David Cronenberg's Six Legs
Buy The Fly: Outbreak graphic novel
Read The Beetle and the Fly by David Cronenberg
Listen to an interview with Emma Westwood on Supporting Characters
Music:
Original Soundtrack - Howard Shore
"Human Fly" - The Cramps
"Return of the Fly" - The Misfits
"Drawing Flies" - Soundgarden
"Jeff Goldblum" - Neal Deters
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April 25, 2017
Episode 320: eXistenZ (1999)
Special Guest: Ernest MathijsGuest Co-Hosts: Jessica Kramer, Dustin Kramer
eXistenZ, the 1999 film from writer/director David Cronenberg stars Jennifer Jason Leigh as Allegra Geller, a game designer who has been marked for death by a faction known as the “Realists”. After an assassination attempt she escapes with her ineffectual bodyguard, a PR nerd named Ted Pikull played by Jude Law. The pair eventually test out Allegra’s new game, eXistenZ, in order to make sure her biomass game pod is still functional. From there the film traverses many layers of game play, making viewers question what’s real and what’s part of play.
Dustin & Jessica Kramer of the Popcorn Poops podcast join Mike to discuss existentialism, Sigmund Freud, Philip K. Dick, The Matrix, and more.
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Buy eXistenZ on DVD
Buy the eXistenZ novelization by "John Luther Novak" (AKA Christopher Priest)
Buy the eXistenZ soundtrack by Howard Shore
Buy The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero Buy The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich by Philip K. Dick
Buy The Days of Perky Pat by Philip K. Dick
Listen to The Thirteenth Floor episode
Listen to the Blade Runner episode
Listen to the Popcorn Poops podcast
Music:
"TranscendenZ By Pilgrlmage" - Howard Shore
"Freedom of Choice" - DEVO
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