Episode 371: Scarecrow (1973)

Special Guests: Jerry Schatzberg, Garry Michael White
Guest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, Jamey Duvall

The crows are laughing at our episode about 1973's Scarecrow. The film stars Al Pacino and Gene Hackman as two drifters who join forces to head to Pittsburgh by way of Detroit to start a car wash.

Jamey Duvall (Movie Geeks United) and Bill Ackerman (Supporting Characters, From the Neighborhood) join Mike to discuss the film. Special guests include director Jerry Schatzberg and writer Garry Michael White (no relation).

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Links:
Buy Scarecrow on Blu-Ray
Visit the official Jerry Schatzberg website Visit the official Garry Michael White website
Read The Queer Subtext of New Hollywood Era Buddy Movies by Caroline Madden
Listen to Movie Geeks United
Listen to Supporting Characters
Listen to From the Neighborhood
Listen to our Puzzle of a Downfall Child episode

Music:
"Scarecrow" - Fred Myrow

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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: Supporting Characters

Mike was interviewed for the Supporting Characters podcast where he dished about The Projection Booth, Cashiers du Cinemart, SuperHappyFun.com, Who Do You Think You're Fooling?, and more.

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Be sure to check out the other episodes of the Supporting Players podcast.

Errata:
I said "Herb" but I mean "Hugh" as in Hugh Cohen

Links:
Buy Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema by Christian Metz
Buy Impossibly Funky: A Cashiers Du Cinemart Collection
Visit the (very old) Anti-Tarantino website

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Who Do You Think You're Fooling? from Mike White on Vimeo.

Episode 257: Demon Seed

Special Guests: Gerrit Graham, Rebecca Umland, Sam Umland
Guest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, Maitland McDonagh

In Donald Cammell's Demon Seed, Alex Harris (Fritz Weaver) creates Proteus, a super-computer that terrorizes Susan Harris (Julie Christie).

Maitland McDonagh and Bill Ackerman join Mike in discussing the film, Dean Koontz's source novel(s), and more. We talk with Gerrit Graham about his role in the film as well as Cammell scholars Rebecca & Sam Umland.

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Bonus Interview: Gerrit Graham
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Links:
Buy Demon Seed on DVD
Buy Demon Seed by Dean Koontz
Buy Donald Cammell: A Life on the Wild Side by Rebecca & Sam Umland
Buy Maitland McDonagh's books
Buy The Tim Burton Encyclopedia by Sam Umland
Buy Outlaw Heroes as Liminal Figures of Film and Television by Rebecca Umland
Listen to Bill Ackerman's Supporting Characters podcast
Visit Lunch Meat VHS to read Bill Ackerman's writing
Visit the official Dean Koontz website
Read “Demon Seed”: The 1977 Donald Cammell film predicted how supercomputers and robots really want to screw us by Bryan Thomas

Music:
"Pre-Trip" - Jerry Fielding
"Computer Love" - Kraftwerk
"Demon Seed" - The Proteus

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Jordan Belson: Samadhi (1967) from CVM on Vimeo.