Special Guests: Rui Nogueira Guest Co-Hosts: Samm Deighan, Andrew Leavold
We kick off a month of discussing French films with a look at Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle). The film stars Alain Delon and Gian-Maria Volente as two criminals who cross paths. Along with Yves Montand, the three men execute a daring heist before the fickle finger of fate touches them.
Samm Deighan and Andrew Leavold join Mike to discuss the film. Mike also speaks with author Rui Nogueira about his Melville on Melville book.
Special Guests: Karen Fang, Kenneth E. Hall, Barna William Donovan Guest Co-Hosts: Beth Accomando
After a brief hiatus, The Projection Booth returns with a discussion of John Woo's A Better Tomorrow (1986). The film, a hallmark of the “heroic bloodshed” subgenre of action films, did for gunplay what a generation of Hong Kong films had done with swords.
The film tells the tale of Ho (Ti Lung), a criminal whose younger brother, Kit (Leslie Cheung), is a police officer. He's betrayed by a fellow gangster (Waise Lee) and sent up the river. When he returns to Hong Kong he wants to stay on the right side of the law which is more difficult than it should be.
The film speaks to loyalty, brotherhood, and put Chow Yun-Fat on the map as a bankable action star.
Cinema Junkie's Beth Accomando and Mike wax fondly about the glory days of HK Cinema, twin brothers, strange sequels, and the true colors of a hero.
Special Guests: Rui Nogueira
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