Ego Fest 5: Planet Ego

Special Guests: "Mondo" Justin Bozung, Rob St. Mary, Chris Stachiw
Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain

It's been over a year since we've pulled back the curtain and done an "Ego Fest." Rather than discussing a specific film, this episode is all about The Projection Booth itself. It's the real dirt, off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.

Heather Drain joins Mike to answer listener questions, thank Patreon Donors, go off-topic, and kvetch.

Errata: Catherine Martin is a character in Silence of the Lambs, Catherine Tramell is a character in Basic Instinct.

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Links:
Read the interview with Mike White on Outward Film Network
Read Those movie nerds behind the video-store counter are back — and they’re doing podcasts by Stephanie Merry
Listen to Heather on The Pop Culture Club
Listen to Heather on The Cotolo Chronicles
Listen to Mike and Heather on the Supporting Characters podcast
Read about Tim Lucas and Lianne Spiderbaby
Read about the death of Alan J. Pakula
Visit the official Anthony Zerbe website
Learn about the future liberals want
Read Kong: Skull Island – why do Hollywood blockbusters have such Trump-like politics? by James Robert Douglas
Listen to the We Hate Movies episode on Hollow Man
Be sure to LIKE Rob St. Mary's The Worst of Film Threat on Facebook
Buy The Cinema of Norman Mailer: Film Is Like Death by Justin Bozung
Hear more of Chris Stachiw at Kulture Shocked
Listen to The Kolchak Tapes
Read reviews of The Projection Booth
Donate to The Projection Booth via Patreon
Review The Projection Booth on Google Play
Review The Projection Booth on iTunes

Music:
"Clubbed to Death" - Piano Cover
"Release the Beast" - Breakwater
"Go" - Tones on Tail
"That's Entertainment" - The Jam
"Impeach the President" - The Honeydrippers
"American Society" - L7
"Happy-Go-Lucky Me" - Paul Evans
"White Punks on Dope" - The Tubes
"War Pigs" - Alice Donut

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Special Report: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015)

Special Guests: Marty Langford, Carl Ciarfalio, Chris Gore
Guest Co-Hosts: Rod Lott, Rob St. Mary

Marty Langford's Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015) examines the making and fate of Oley Sassone's The Fantastic Four (1994).

Mike talks with director Marty Langford, actor Carl Ciarfalio and journalist Chris Gore.

Rod Lott and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the film and how it fits into the current "making / unmaking of" documentary trend.

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Listen to "Special Report: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four" on Spreaker.

Bonus Interview with Chris Gore
Chris Gore dishes about the future of Film Threat including a project with former Projection Booth host, Rob St. Mary!

Listen to "Bonus Interview: Chris Gore on the Future of Film Threat" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy DOOMED! on Blu-Ray
Visit the official Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four website
Like DOOMED on Facebook
Visit the official Carl Ciarfalio website
Buy Stars, Stunts and Stories: A Hollywood Stuntman's Fall to Fame by Carl Ciarfalio
Visit FilmThreat.com
Read the original coverage of The Fantastic Four in Film Threat
Read Rod Lott's review of Doomed!
Read Rod Lott's review of Fantastic Four 2015
Visit FlickAttack.com
Visit Bookgasm.com
Check out Rob St. Mary's Hold Fast Vinyl

Music:
"The Fantastic Four" - Norm MacDonald
"Silver Surfer" - Icarus
"Fantastic Four Theme Song (1967)"
"Fantastic Four Theme Song (1994)"
"Silver Surfer Ghost Rider Go" - Trentemoller
"Fantastic Four" - Icarus

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Episode 274: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Special Guest: Fax Bahr
Guest Co-Host: Paul Zimmerman, Rich Edwards

We get off the boat and go all the way on this episode about Francis Ford Coppola's landmark 1979 Vietnam film Apocalypse Now. Based on a script by John Milius, the making of the film is nearly as fascinating as the film itself. To that end, Fax Bahr, director of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse discusses the creation of the fascinating and illuminating documentary about Apocalypse Now.

Professor Rich Edwards and former Film Threat editor Paul Zimmerman join Mike to examine the film, the "Redux" version, the nearly five-hour assembly version, and many of the parodies that the film has inspired from Porklips Now to Apocalypse Pooh and more.

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Listen to "Episode 274: Apocalypse Now (1979)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Apocalypse Now: The Disclosure Edition on Blu-Ray
Buy Notes: The Making of Apocalypse Now by Eleanor Coppola
Buy The Apocalypse Now Book by Peter Cowie
Buy Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene by John David Ebert
Buy Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Buy Porklips Now on DVD
Buy Virgin Noir (Indie Legends of the 1990s Volume 1: Icons) by Paul Zimmerman
Read The Holy Grail of Workprints: The Five Hour Rough Version of Apocalypse Now on Cinephilia and Beyond
Read Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Must Be the Key Lecture in Anyone's Filmmaking Education on Cinephilia and Beyond
Read Napalm in the Morning storyboards for the Ride of the Valkyries scene
Read The New Cinema: A Fascinating Documentary on the Restructuring of 1960x Hollywood on Cinephilia and Beyond
Keep up with Rich Edwards at Noircast.net

Music:
"Apocalypse Now" - Koto
"Charlie Don't Surf" - The Clash
"Holiday in Cambodia" - The Dead Kennedys

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Episode 134: Mr. Freedom (1968)

Special Guest: Alison Smith
Guest Co-Hosts: Phil Hall

William Klein's Mr. Freedom (1968) skewers jingoistic patriotism. It's an incredible parody of superheroes and the Military Industrial complex.

Our guest co-host, Phil Hall, is the author of The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time from BearManor Media.

We fight for freedom, for one and for all! It's you-and-me-dom, and ten foot tall!

Links:
Read Phil Hall's The Bootleg Files
Buy French Cinema in the 1970s: The Echoes of May by Alison Smith
Buy The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time by Phil Hall
Buy The Delirious Fictions of William Klein on DVD

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Listen to "TPB: Mr. Freedom" on Spreaker.

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