Episode 551: Fight Club (1999)

Special Guests: Chuck Palahniuk, Ross Grayson Bell, Jim Uhls
Guest Co-Hosts: Maitland McDonagh, Rob St. Mary

Rob St. Mary and Maitland McDonagh join Mike to look at the 1999 film from director David Fincher, Fight Club. Based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk, the film stars Edward Norton as an office drone who becomes addicted to self-help groups until he starts his own. However, we are not allowed to talk about it.

Interviews on this episode include author Chuck Palahniuk, producer Ross Grayson Bell, and screenwriter Jim Uhls.

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Buy Fight Club on Blu-Ray Buy Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy Expedition by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread by Chuck Palahniuk

Music:
"Fight Club Soundtrack" - The Dust Brothers
"Where is My Mind?" - The Pixies

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Fight Club minus Tyler Durden from Richard Trammell on Vimeo.

Episode 549: The Matrix (1999)

Guest Co-Hosts: Christine Makepeace, Ben Buckingham

Released in 1999, The Wachowski Siblings's The Matrix stars Keanu Reeves as Thomas “Neo” Anderson, a cubicle jockey who is looking for meaning in his life by way of the notorious hacker Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne). Neo gets more than he bargained for when he learns that the world in which we live is a computer-generated construct, the titular Matrix.

Ben Buckingham and Christine Makepeace join Mike to discuss this groundbreaking film.

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Bonus: The Matrix Resurrections

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Bonus Interview with Rodney Ascher about A Glitch in the Matrix:

Listen to "Special Report: Rodney Ascher on A Glitch in the Matrix (2020)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy The Matrix on Blu-Ray
Buy Art of the Matrix

Music:
"Dodge This" - Don Davis
"Wake Up" - Rage Against the Machine

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Episode 420: But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

Special Guest: Jamie Babbit
Guest Co-Hosts: Joshua Grannell, Cassandra Baker

Released in 1999 Jamie Babbit’s But I'm a Cheerleader stars Natasha Lyonne as Megan, the titular cheerleader who seems to have some very “unnatural urges” according to her parents, teachers, and friends. She's sent to a camp where she gets re-educated in the ways of heterosexuality and proper gender roles.

Joshua Grannell and Cassandra Baker join Mike to discuss But I'm a Cheerleader as well as 2018's duo of conversion therapy films, Boy Erased and The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

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Links:
Buy But I'm a Cheerleader on Blu-Ray
Visit the official Jamie Babbit website
Visit the official Peaches Christ website
Read “It’s a Long Path to Righteousness”: 20 Years of But I’m a Cheerleader by Megan Wilson

Music:
"Laisse Tomber Les Filles" - France Gall

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