Episode 781: Z Channel - A Magnificent Obsession (2004)

Guest Co-Hosts: Adam Long, Josh Hadley

Adam Long and Josh Hadley join Mike to explore Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004), the sweeping documentary from Xan Cassavetes about the rise and fall of Los Angeles’s most influential pay-TV channel. More than a cable station, Z Channel was a film school beamed into living rooms, programming uncut movies, international cinema, director’s cuts, and repertory favorites long before that was standard practice.

The conversation digs into the channel’s daring programming philosophy, its outsized impact on American film culture, and the obsessive, self-destructive personality of founder Jerry Harvey. The hosts examine how the documentary balances cinephile nostalgia with a clear-eyed look at the personal and institutional costs of that obsession, while also asking what Z Channel’s legacy means in today’s algorithm-driven media landscape.

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Music:
"Channel Z" - The B-52s

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Episode 264: Bad Timing - A Sensual Obsession (1980)

Special Guests: Nicolas Roeg, Yale Udoff, Anthony Lawson
Guest Co-Hosts: Elric Kane, Adam Long

Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing tells the story of two people, Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) and Milena Flaherty (Theresa Russell), who get together when maybe they shouldn't have.

Guests include director Nic Roeg, screenwriter Yale Udoff, and editor Tony Lawson.

Elric Kane of Killer POV and Adam Long of Movie Geeks United join Mike to discuss this sensual obsession.

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Buy Bad Timing on DVD
Buy The World is Ever Changing by Nicolas Roeg
Visit the official Yale Udoff website
Read Nicolas Roeg/Chromatic Cartography by Andrew Mark Patch
Follow Theresa Russell on Twitter
Visit the official Art Garfunkel website
Here more of Elric Kane at Killer POV
Hear more of Adam Long at WGWG
Read more of Adam Long via Focus Newspaper

Music:
"The Koln Concert" - Keith Jarrett
"Invitation to the Blues" - Tom Waits
"No One Else" - Weezer
"Carnival" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
"Piggy in the Mirror" - The Cure
"The Spy" - The Doors

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