Episode 99: Starship Troopers (1997)

Special Guests: Ed Neumeier & Paul M. Sammon

One of the most subversive films of the last twenty years,Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers tells the story of Robert Heinlein's controversial sci-fi novel.

We talk to screenwriter Ed Neumeier (who also wrote and directed Starship Troopers 3) and Paul M. Sammon (who wrote the behind the scenes book).

Would you like to know more?

Links:
Read An Intimate History of Killing
Read Paul Verhoeven's Jesus of Nazareth
Visit the Robert Heinlein Archives
Buy Paul M. Sammon's The Making of Starship Troopers
Buy Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers
Buy the Starship Troopers trilogy from BoulevardMovies.com
Hear more Ed Neumeier on our Robocop episode
Hear more of Paul M. Sammon on our Blade Runner episode

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Bonus Interview with Greg Travis:

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Music
Starship Troopers Score - Basil Poledouris
"Starship Trooper" - Yes
Starship Troopers 2 Score - John Morgan & William T. Stromberg
Backdraft Score - Hans Zimmer
"I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper" - Sarah Brightman And Hot Gossip
"I Have Not Been to Oxford Town" - David Bowie

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Episode 98: Love & Death (1975)

We're looking at Woody Allen's Love & Death from 1975. It's a mix of The Marx Brothers and Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Joining us this week is special guest co-host Keith Gordon. We also have a special bonus episode with more of our conversation with Keith on the current state of Hollywood, his upcoming work on Dexter, his project with Christopher Nolan, and more about Rectify the new series on the Sundance Channel.

Links:
Buy Love & Death on DVD
Buy the Woody Allen Collection Volume 1
Hear more of Keith Gordon on our Static episode

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Bonus Interview with Keith Gordon:

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Episode 97: Deep Red (1975)

Special Guest: Maitland McDonagh, Elena Past, Claudio Simonetti

We're heading back to Argento-land with a look at Deep Red, a favorite amongst Dario Argento fans.

We're joined this week by Mike Murphy of the adasses, Boobs, and Bodycounts podcast.

Links:
Buy Elena Past's Methods of Murder
Buy Deep Red on DVD
Buy the Deep Red Soundtrack
Visit Claudi Simonetti's official site
Visit Maitland McDonagh's 120 Days of Sodom(y)/120 Days Books
Buy Maitland McDonagh's Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds
Visit Maitland McDonagh's official blog
Listen to our episode on The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

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Episode 96: Peeping Tom (1960)

Special Guests: Laura Mulvey, Adam Lowenstein

Michael Powell's landmark serial killer film, Peeping Tom, is an exercise in terror and voyeurism. Rob and Mike talk about scopophilia, the role of the viewer in cinema, and "the children of Mark Lewis."

Guest Laura Mulvey wrote the seminal essay in Feminist Film Theory, "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema." Guest Adam Lowenstein is Associate Professor of English and Film Studies, as well as Director of the Film Studies Program, at the University of Pittsburgh.

Links:
Read Reasessing the Critical Response to PEEPING TOM (1960) by Kimberly Lindbergs
Buy Adam Lowenstein's Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, and the Modern Horror Film
Read Laura Mulvey's Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (PDF)
Buy Laura Mulvey's Citizen Kane
Buy Laura Mulvey's Fetishism and Curiosity

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