Episode 429: Plump Fiction (1997)

Special Guest: Bob Koherr
Guest Co-Hosts: Chis Gore, Mike Sullivan

Based loosely on Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary’s indie darling, Plump Fiction (1997) stars Paul Dinello and Tommy Davidson as a salt and pepper hit man team. Dinello has been asked by his boss to take out the boss’s wife, Mimi Hungry (Julie Brown) to show her a good time. Their adventure brings them in contact with a handful of other Tarantino films as well as other independent movies of the day.

Mike Sullivan and Chris Gore stop by to discuss Plump Fiction, Chris's film My Big Fat Independent Movie and more. Writer/director Bob Koherr provides some history and behind-the-scenes stories of making the film and what it did for his career.

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Music:
"Hava Nagila" - Dick Dale

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Guest Spots: The Kulturecast & Radiodrome

Chris Stachiw has made a huge mistake. He's been having me on regularly on The Kulturecast as one of his rotating guest co-hosts, covering both new films and old. Here are the latest episodes that I've been on:

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Listen to "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" on Spreaker.

Dead Alive (AKA Braindead)
Listen to "Dead Alive" on Spreaker.

Antiviral
Listen to "Antiviral" on Spreaker.

The Burning
Listen to "The Burning" on Spreaker.

The Killing
Listen to "The Killing" on Spreaker.

Avengers: Endgame
Listen to "Avengers: Endgame" on Spreaker.

Radiodrome

I was also lucky enough to be asked by Josh Hadley to come back to Radiodrome for a look at the Killer Tomatoes franchise:

Guest Spot: Pulp Fiction on The Super 70 Podcast

Mike White of The Projection Booth Podcast takes the reigns of The Super 70 Podcast as he guides you through one of the most successful independent films ever made, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s coveted Palm D'Or in 1994, Pulp Fiction scored seven Academy Award nominations and started or restarted several acting careers. Its development, marketing, and distribution by Miramax Studios revolutionized independent cinema and its’ unconventional narrative structure, extensive use of homage and pastiche have led some to call it the prime example of postmodern film. Since its release it has been one of the rare films made after 1990 that has been grouped into the top 100 greatest films ever made and in 2013 was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States.

But while we may recognize talent, we also may be missing a few things on the surface and ask ourselves when does pastiche stop and plagiarism begin? Join Mike as he takes you scene by scene through a film as well known now as Casablanca, by a director as well known now as Hitchcock.

The Super 70 Podcast is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, and my website at www.thatdylandavis.com. All music on The Super 70 Podcast is provided by Rozalind MacPhail whom you can all find on SoundCloud.

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Links:
Buy Pulp Fiction on Blu-Ray
Buy the Pulp Fiction soundtrack
Buy Pulp Fiction by Jason Bailey
Buy Pulp Fiction by Dana Polan
Buy Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino

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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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Guest Spot: Pit Stop (1969)

Mike joins Jon Cross at the After Movie Diner to discuss Jack Hill's often overlooked black 'n' white film about existential angst, succeeding at any cost, and Figure-8 racing, Pit Stop (1969)

Recently released by Arrow on a glorious, cleaned up blu-ray the film stars Brian Donlevy, the enigmatic Richard Davalos, Ellen Burstyn , Hill favorite Sid Haig and is an absolute treat for lovers of great cinematography, awesome soundtracks and crashing cars.

Mike and Jon Cross discuss the film, Jack Hill's career, politics, podcasting, Mike's beef with Quentin Tarantino, the story of cinema, and much, much more!

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Special Report: The Thing (1982)

Special Guests: John Kenneth Muir, Jez Conolly, Dean Cundey, Joel Polis, Thomas G. Waites
Guest Co-Hosts: El Goro, Patrick Bromley

Initially lambasted by critics, John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) was a brilliant adaptation of John W. Campbell's novella Who Goes There?. The film tells the story of a dozen men in Antarctica who are infiltrated by an alien shapeshifter.

Interviews include authors John Kenneth Muir (The Films of John Carpenter), Jez Conolly (Devil’s Advocates: The Thing), actors Joel Polis (Fuchs), Thomas G. Waites (Windows), and cinematographer Dean Cundey.

Patrick Bromley of the F This Movie podcast and El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm podcast join Mike on this very special episode.

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Bonus Interview with Stuart Cohen:
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Links:
Buy The Thing on Blu-Ray with a commentary from El Goro, Patrick Bromley, and Mike White (UK Release)
Buy The Thing on Blu-Ray (US Release)
Buy The Films of John Carpenter by John Kenneth Muir
Buy Devil's Advocates: The Thing by Jez Connelly
Buy The Thing (BFI Modern Classics) by Anne Billson
Visit Stuart Cohen's website
Visit the Joel Polis website
Visit the Thomas G. Waites website
Visit Jez Conolly's official website
Visit John Kenneth Muir's blog
Watch ‘Big John’: A 75-Minute Precious Exploration of John Carpenter’s Life, Work and Ways
Read John Carpenter's The Thing had an Icy Critical Reception
Visit Outpost31.com
Read Ennio Morricone’s unused score for The Thing ended up in The Hateful Eight by Ben Kaye
Listen to Special "The Thing" Commentary for Patricia Stevens by The After Movie Diner
Read The Men Who Were 'The Thing' Look Back on a Modern Horror Classic by Simon Abrams and Matt Zoller Seitz
Listen to the The Thing Read Along Book
Here more from Dean Cundey on The Projection Booth
Listen to our interview with Keith David
Hear more Patrick Bromley on F This Movie!
Hear more El Goro on Talk Without Rhythm

Music:
"Burn It" - Ennio Morricone
"Bestiality" - Ennio Morricone
"Fuchs" - Ennio Morricone
"The Thing that was Bennings" - Ennio Morricone
"Desolation (Main Theme)" - Ennio Morricone
That Thing" - Who Ha
"I Know I'm Human" - Beckett

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The Hateful Thing from KINO on Vimeo.

Bruce Dern on Nebraska, The Hateful Eight, and More

Special Guest: Bruce Dern

For our upcoming episode on Michael Ritchie's Smile, Mike talked to actor Bruce Dern. He spoke about his love of running and working with Alexander Payne in Nebraska and Quentin Tarantino in The Hateful Eight.

Mr. Dern also talks a bit about two other Projection Booth favorites, After Dark My Sweet and The King of Marvin Gardens.

Links:
Buy Nebraska on DVD
Buy Bruce Dern: A Memoir
Visit the Bentonville Film Festival website

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Music:
"Ester" - The Lautsprechers
"Hang 'Em High" - Booker T & The MGs

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Special Report: I Lost It at the Video Store

Special Guest: Tom Roston

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Tom Roston about his new book, I Lost it at the Video Store: A Filmmakers' Oral History of a Vanished Era, a tale of working at or going to the video store.

Links:
Buy I Lost It at the Video Store by Tom Roston
Visit the official I Lost It at the Video Store webpage
Visit Tom Roston's website
Listen to our VHS Extravaganza episode
Listen to our Revenge of VHS epsidoe

Music:
"Nasty" - The Damned
"I Love Video" - Matthew Miklos

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I Lost It At The Video Store - Book Trailer from The Critical Press on Vimeo.

Episode 101: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Special Guests: Paul Zimmerman, Monte Hellman
Guest Co-Hosts: Jamie Jenkins

We look at the influences on and of Reservoir Dogs (1992), the seminal crime film, along with other works from director Quentin Tarantino.

We interview journalist Paul Zimmerman who wrote the first U.S. magazine cover story on Quentin Tarantino and Monte Hellman, the Executive Producer of Reservoir Dogs.

Joining us is Jamie Jenkins from Devour the Podcast, Evil Episodes, and The Skeleton Crew.

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Links:
Get all of Jamie Jenkins's podcasts at horrorphilia.com
Get Paul Zimmerman's Virgin Noir
Read How Quentin Tarantino Steals from Other Movies by Nathaniel Lee
Listen to our earlier interview with Monte Hellman
Buy Reservoir Dogs on Blu-Ray
Buy the Reservoir Dogs screenplay
Read more about Mike's short film, Who Do You Think You're Fooling in the Impossibly Funky collection

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