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Episode 46 · Film year 1980

The Apple (1980)

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Eric Bresler, Dan Tabor
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The Apple (1980)
Episode 46 · The Projection Booth
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Time to break out your BIM marks... we're talking about The Apple, the oft-maligned musical that combines Genesis, Revelation, and a little Faust which takes place in the distance future... 1994. See how the world will really look like.

Co-hosts this week are Eric Bresler from Cinedelphia (opens in a new tab) and Dan Tabor of Geekadelphia (opens in a new tab). There's a whole lot of delphia going on.

Labels: Cannon Films Catherine Mary Stewart Coby Recht Dan Tabor Eric Bresler Faust George S. Clinton Iris Yotvat Joss Ackland Menahem Golan Musical Yoram Globus

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Comments (5)

  1. Blasmo
    The Apple is an amazing film. It makes me so happy whenever I watch it. It has its problems, certainly, such as acting, dialogue, plot, sanity, but who cares? This is a film that uses the same 30 extras in every scene, so much so that you can devise drinking games for when each one appears. Drink twice for each Finola Hughes. Every time you think the film has peaked, or is about to finally lose its energy, it comes back bashing. Allan Love is amazing. George Gilmour is the first male lead with a cameltoe. It is easily one of the funnest films you can ever watch, "un" and intentionally. I've used it in film classes to demonstrate tracking shots, editing, and insanity. But especially the Fellini meets Greenaway meets Ed Wood sequence that is "Showbizness", which looks like it was shot in the lobby of either a mid-sized airport or mid-sized city civic center, and which contains the single worst tap dance number in filmdom. And also Yma Sumac. There are few films out there I love as much as The Apple, on every level. God Bless you for doing this.
  2. Jim Donahue
    The problem with most "bad" movies is that they're deadly dull. "The Apple" is never, ever boring. As soon as your chin snaps back into position after hitting your chest in amazement, there's yet another bashit crazy scene to take in. It's amazing. Thanks for the fascinating behind-the-scenes look at this movie.
  3. Jim Donahue
    Oh, and if you care, my thoughts on the film are here: http://jddblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/bite-me.html
  4. Jervis Germane
    I imagine this makes more sense if you've already seen the movie than if you're listening to it because you can't see the movie.
  5. Anonymous
    This movie was first mentioned in the Medved brother's book "The Golden Turkey Awards" in 1980 . However it was LOST for decades and impossible to see until the early 2000s on DVD. I don't think this got a proper release (well, not here in New York) because I have a full run newspapers with movie ads - this is mentioned NOWHERE - not 1980 or 1981 . I still think the concept for this movie was a fever dream of a mixed up cross between Grease & Rocky Horror (at the time of filming The Apple which would have been 1979 ; Rocky Horror was a "new hot cult movie" that everyone said "you have to see it". ) The Apple would have made a great double bill with Xanadu !

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