Episode 554: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Special Guests: Mike Kaplan, Andrew Biswell
Guest Co-Hosts: Rob St. Mary, Yaniv Eidelstein

We kick off 2022 with a look at Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971). Based on the 1962 book by Anthony Burgess, the film stars Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge, a teenager in the squalor of a futuristic London town where there ain’t no law & order. He’s a juvenile delinquent who eventually gets pinched for his crimes. While in prison he undergoes an experimental treatment that removes his free will but puts him on the straight and narrow only to find that all those he stepped on on his path to incarceration remember him... and not too fondly.

Your friend and faithful narrator comes to you with gorgeousness and gorgeousity made digital with my droogs, Rob St. Mary and Yaniv Eidelstein. Meanwhile, our guests include publicist Mike Kaplan and Anthony Burgess biographer Andrew Biswell.

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy A Clockwork Orange on Blu-Ray
Buy A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Buy The Real Life of Anthony Burgess by Andrew Biswell
Buy Murder in a Blue World on Blu-Ray
Watch Banana Mecannica NSFW!
Watch A Clockwork Orgy NSFW!
Visit the International Anthony Burgeess Foundation

Music:
"La Gazza Ladra" - Wendy Carlos
"Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1" - U2
"Freedom of Choice" - DEVO
"Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement (Abridged)" - Ludwig Van Beethoven

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Episode 506: Is There Sex After Death? (1971)

Special Guests: Jeanne Abel, Jenny Abel
Guest Co-Hosts: Skizz Cyzyk, Heather Drain

Alan and Jeanne Abel's Is There Sex After Death? is a mockumentary from 1971 that dares to ask the hard hitting questions with ridiculous answers. It’s a series of vignettes with some familiar faces like Buck Henry, Marshall Efron, Holly Woodlawn, Robert Downey, and more.

Heather Drain and Skizz Cyzyk join Mike to discuss pranks, Jenny Abel's Abel Raises Cain, and much more.

Be sure to stick around until the end to hear about how one persistent myth about a college rock band got its start.

Addendum: Per Bill Ackerman's interview with Mink Stole she is not in Is There Sex After Death?.

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Links:
Buy Is There Sex After Death? on DVD
Watch Abel Raises Cain on Vimeo
Buy The Art of the Prank on Blu-Ray
Read more about the Nayirah Testimony

Music:
"Mary Jane" - The Profiteers
"We're The Replacements" - They Might Be Giants

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Episode 472: Pink Narcissus (1971)

Guest Co-Hosts: Maitland McDonagh, David Kittredge

James Bidgood's Pink Narcissus (1971) is a wordless film which tells the story of a young hustler (Bobby Kendall) who engages in a series of fantasies throughout an evening. The film was shot on 8mm but still presents a lush, fantastic color palette and incredible sets that are even more incredible when the viewer remembers that this was all shot in Bidgood's Hell's Kitchen apartment.

Maitland McDonagh and David Kittredge join Mike to discuss lyrical pornography, New York real estate, and the importance of finishing projects.

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Links:
Buy Pink Narcissus on DVD
Buy James Bidgood by Bruce Benderson

Music:
"Toreador del Amor" - Tuxedomoon

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Episode 471: Viva La Muerte (1971)

Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain, Jess Byard

Fernando Arrabal's 1971 film Viva la Muerte. The film tells the story of Fando (Mahdi Chaouch), a young man, whose mother sold out his father to the fascists during the Spanish Civil War. This was the feature directorial debut of Arrabal who, along with Roland Topor and Alejandro Jodorowsky, began the Panic Movement.

Jess Byard and Heather Drain join Mike to discuss film movements, surrealism, and Arrabal's work.

Links:
Buy Viva la Muerte on DVD
Read our interview with Fernando Arrabal

Music:
"Ekkoleg" - Grethe Agatz

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Episode 287: Straw Dogs (1971)

Special Guest: Gordon Williams, David Weddle
Guest Co-Host: Maitland McDonagh, Eric J. Peterson

No stranger to controversy, Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971) examines the nature of man, marriage, and more. The film stars Dustin Hoffman as David Sumner, a mathematician who moves to the south of England with his native wife, Amy (Susan George) where he upsets the status quo. The situation erupts in violence and terror.

Maitland McDonagh and Eric J. Peterson join Mike to discuss Peckinpah's film as well as Rod Lurie's 2011 remake. A few Turkish remakes are also compared to the original and U.S. remake.

The author of the book Straw Dogs was based on, The Siege at Trencher's Farm, Gordon Williams, and the author of If They Move... Kill 'Em!, David Weddle, discuss the background of the film.

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Links:
Buy Straw Dogs (1971) on DVD
Buy Straw Dogs (2011) on DVD
Buy The Siege of Trencher's Farm by Gordon Williams
Buy If They Move . . . Kill 'Em!: The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah by David Weddle
Visit the official Susan George Website

Music:
"Straw Dogs" - Idaho
"Dead Cat" - Jerry Fielding
"Straw Dogs" - Stiff Little Fingers
"Sam's Song (Ask Any Working Girl" - Kris Kristofferson

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