Special Report: Carrie (1976)

Special Guests: Joseph Aisenberg, Nancy Allen, William Katt, Piper Laurie, Joe Maddrey
Guest Co-Hosts: Jamey Duvall, Keith Gordon

We’re wrapping up #Shocktober 2021 with a look at Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976). Based on the novel by Stephen King, the film stars Sissy Spacek as the titular Carrie White. She’s a young woman who’s lived under her mother’s thumb and religious fervor. When she experiences her first period, she also experiences a new ability to move objects with her mind.

Keith Gordon and Jamey Duvall join Mike to discuss the film. Interviews include Piper Laurie, William Katt, Nancy Allen, Joseph Aisenberg (Studies in the Horror Film: Carrie), and Joe Maddrey (Adapting Stephen King: Volume 1, Carrie, 'Salem's Lot and The Shining from Novel to Screenplay).

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Carrie on Blu-Ray
Buy De Palma on Blu-Ray
Buy Carrie, Carrie (2002), and The Rage: Carrie 2 on DVD
Buy Carrie & Carrie (2013) on DVD
Buy Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir by Piper Laurie
Buy Carrie by Stephen King
Buy Brian De Palma's Carrie: Studies in the Horror Film by Joseph Aisenberg
Buy A Long Time Ago, in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits - Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More by Paul Hirsch

Music:
Original Soundtrack - Pino Donnagio
"Prom Climax" - Carrie: The Musical

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Special Report: Oldboy (2003)

Guest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, John Atom

On this special episode of The Projection Booth we're looking at Park Chan-wook's Oldboy (2003). Based loosely on the manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi, the film tells the tale of Oh-Dae-Su (Choi Min-sik), a salaryman who gets abducted and held in a cell for 15 years. Just as he's abducted without explanation he's freed just the same. From there the film becomes a mystery where Oh-Dae-Su tries to find not just who abducted him but why.

John Atom and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss the original manga, the 2006 Indian remake Zinda, the 2013 Spike Lee version, and the Brian DePalma film Obsession (1976).

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Links:
Buy the Oldboy manga
Buy Park Chan-Wook's Oldboy
Buy Spike Lee's Oldboy
Buy Zinda on DVD
Watch Zinda on Amazon Prime
Buy Obsession
Read about the controversy over the Oldboy remake poster
Read 13 Movies that Deserve a Director's Cut on Blu-ray by Mike McGranaghan

Music:
"Bring My Love" - Starsailor
"If I Had a Hammer" - Peter, Paul & Mary

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Episode 406: Body Double (1984)

Special Guests: Robert J. Avrech, Gregg Henry
Guest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, Jim Vendiola

Brian De Palma’s 1984 film, Body Double  stars Craig Wasson as Jake Scully, an actor in a low budget vampire film. After a terrifying bout of claustrophobia he loses his job, his girl, and his home until fellow actor, Sam Bouchard (Gregg Henry) does Jake a favor by letting him apartment-sit at a posh pad. As an added bonus, there’s a woman across the way who performs a nightly ritual of self-pleasure and, well, Jake likes to watch. But, of course, things aren’t always what they seem in Hollywood.

Jim Vendiola and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss this mash-up of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Rear Window. Screenwriter Robert J. Avrech and actor Gregg Henry talk about the behind-the-scenes of De Palma's exploration of voyeurism.

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Links:
Buy Body Double on Blu-Ray
Buy Double De Palma by Susan Dworkin
Buy De Palma on Blu-Ray
Visit the official Annette Haven website
Read Body Double: why Brian De Palma's pornographic fiasco is worth another peek
Read De Palma Does Hollywood by Travis Woods
Read Brian De Palma’s ‘Body Double’: A Hitchcockian Thriller Executed in Completely Original Style
Read more about Pehla Nasha (1993)
Read the story about Craig Wasson on Bitchy Actress's blog
Listen to our Vertigo episode
Listen to our Blow Out episode

Music:
Original Soundtrack by Pino Donnagio
"Mr. Zero Ban Gaya Hero" - Vinod Rathod
"Relax" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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Episode 355: L.A. Confidential (1997)

Special Guest: James Ellroy
Guest Co-Hosts: Richard Edwards, Eric Cohen

Eric Cohen and Richard Edwards return to take a ride in a convertible time machine, be-bopping back to the year 1997 to look at Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential. Starring more folks from down under than you can shake a boomerang at, this jazzy flick plays with many classic noir tropes while playing fast and loose with the third book of James Ellroy's first L.A. Quartet.

We examine how Hanson and co-writer Brian Helgeland masterfully condensed Ellroy's compelling and complicated story to craft a Neo-Noir that some rank among the best. The film features dazzling performances from "newcomers" Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce.

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Links:
Buy L.A. Confidential on Blu-Ray
Buy L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
Listen to the Out of the Past episode on The Black Dahlia
Read The Dark Places of James Ellroy by Mike White
Buy L.A. Confidential by Manohla Dargis

Music:
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" - Johnny Mercer
"Bloody Christmas" - Jerry Goldsmith

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Special Report: Jad Smith on Alfred Bester

Special Guests: Jad Smith

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Professor Jad Smith about his book, Alfred Bester, part of the University of Illinois Press series, Masters of Science Fiction.

Bester, a master craftsman of prose, is best known for his seminal sci-fi books The Stars My Destination and The Demolished Man.

Links:
Buy Alfred Bester by Jad Smith
Buy The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Buy The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Buy Jordan Vogt-Roberts on Tackling the “Unfilmable” ‘The Stars My Destination by Matt Goldberg

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Music:
"Blue Jaunte" - Pistonsbeneath
"The Stars Our Destination" - Stereolab
"Tiger! Tiger!" - The Lord Weird Slough Feg
"Blue Jaunte" - The Amberjacks

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Special Report: Steven Shainberg on Rupture (2017)

Special Guest: Steven Shainberg

On this special episode, Mike talks with director Steven Shainberg about his career from The Big Hit (1996) to Secretary (2002), to Fur (2006) to his latest, Rupture (2016) starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Chiklis, and Peter Stormare

Links:
Buy Rupture on streaming video
Listen to our episode on Secretary

Music:
"Gone" - Wrad

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Episode 322: Mommie Dearest (1981)

Special Guests: Rutanya Alda, Justin Bozung
Guest Co-Hosts: Terry Frost, Joshua Grannell

Based on the scandalous memoir by Christina Crawford, Frank Perry's Mommie Dearest (1981) gave the world a powerhouse performance by Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford.

On this episode of The Projection Booth, Joshua Grannell and Terry Frost join Mike to discuss the movie and its reception. Guests this episode include actress Rutanya Alda who gives a behind-the-scenes account of the shooting of the film and Justin Bozung who is currently writing a book about director Frank Perry.

Don't fuck with us, fellas, this isn't our first rodeo...

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Links:
Buy Mommie Dearest on DVD
Buy The Mommie Dearest Diary: Carol Ann Tells All by Rutanya Alda
Buy Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford
Buy Looking for Gatsby by Faye Dunaway
Buy Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud by Shaun Considine
Buy Survivor by Christina Crawford
Read Roger Ebert's review of Mommie Dearest
Read about Joan Crawford being Box Office Poison
Visit the Concluding Chapter of Crawford website
Listen to the You Must Remember This episode on Mommie Dearest
Will Faye Dunaway talk about Mommie Dearest in her next memoir?
Visit the official Peaches Christ website
Visit the Paleo Cinema website
Visit the Martian Drive-In Podcast

Music:
"Main Title" - Henry Manicini
"Uncle Daddy" - Henry Mancini
"Joan Crawford" - Blue Oyster Cult
"Mildred Pierce" - Sonic Youth

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Bonus Interview: Gerrit Graham

Special Guest: Gerritt Graham

As part of our coverage of Demon Seed, Mike spoke to actor, writer, songwriter Gerrit Graham about his career including CHUD II, "Star Trek: Voyager", Used Cars, Phantom of the Paradise, Class Reunion, Home Movies, Beware! The Blob, "Seinfeld", The Creature Wasn't Nice, and more.

Links:
Listen to out Phantom of the Paradise episode
Visit Gerrit Graham's web store
Buy Used Cars on DVD
Read The Crime and Its Victims by Gerrit Graham

Music:
"Built to Last" - The Grateful Dead

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Guest Spots: Brian De Palma and Weird Westerns

Kulturecast #62

Mike was back on the Kulturecast to talk about the oddball Westerns The Proposition and El Topo with John Lein and Chris Stachiw.

Listen to "El Topo/The Proposition" on Spreaker.

Geek Juice Radio #189

Continuing the Geek Juice Media Director Series, Mike joins Alex Jowski and Mister X to examine the second half of Brian De Palma's career.

Episode 219: Star Wars (1977)

Special Guests: Roger Christian, Michael Kaminsky, Chris Taylor, Alexandre O. Philippe, Harmy
Guest Co-Host: Chris Bricklemyer

Continuing our Maudit May series, we look at George Lucas's Star Wars (AKA Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), the sci-fi film from 1977 that has been rendered unavailable in its original form due to its creator's tampering.

We're joined by Outside the Cinema's Mr. Chris to get nostalgic and discuss how Star Wars may (or may not) have influenced our lives.

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Links:
Buy The People Vs. George Lucas on DVD
Buy The Secret History of Star Wars by Michael Kaminsky
Buy How Star Wars Conquered the Universe by Chris Taylor
Buy Cinema Alchemist by Roger Christian
Read more about Roger Christian's Black Angel on io9
Watch The Star Wars Holiday Special on YouTube
Watch From Star Wars to Jedi on YouTube
Read about Harmy's Despecialized Version of Star Wars
Read George Lucas talking about altering films
Listen to Rob St. Mary's interview with Richard Chew on WDET
Read about the Annotated Star Wars
Read about the Lost Cut of Star Wars
Read the io9 Star Wars Guide
Read the Raiders of the Lost Ark story conference
Read George Lucas Was Incredibly Specific About How Much He Wanted Greedo to Shoot First by James Whitbrook
Read Mike White's article on Star Wars Rip-Offs
Visit the OriginalTrilogy.com website
Visit the official Star Wars website

Music:
"In the Year 2525" - Zager & Evans
"Double Sunset" - John Williams
"Star Wars" - Dangerous Darrin
"Star Wars Gangsta Rap" - Jason Brannon & Chris Crawford

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Blast it Biggs! Where are you?! - By @jamieswb from Filmumentaries - Jamie Benning on Vimeo.

Episode 140: Blow Out (1981)

Special Guests: Dennis Franz, Nancy Allen,
Fred C. Caruso, & Bill Mesce Jr.

Brian DePalma's Blow Out takes on Antonioni, Coppola and Zapruder. The 1981 film stands as John Travolta's finest performance.

We're joined by Jamey Duvall of Movie Geeks United.

Links:
Buy Blow Out on DVD
Buy The Conversation on DVD
Buy Blow Up on DVD
Listen to The DePalma Thriller series at Movie Geeks United
Listen to our episode on Phantom of the Paradise
Visit the De Palma A La Mod fan site
Learn more about the weSPARK Cancer Support Center
Read Bill Mesce's Sight on Sound column
Buy Bill Mesce's Overkill: The Rise And Fall of Thriller Cinema

Music:
The Blow Out Soundtrack - Pino Donaggio
"A Good Scream" - Joohyun Park, Elizabeth Hedman

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Bonus Interview with Bill Mesce:

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All 15 Split Diopter Shots in BLOW OUT from Vashi Nedomansky on Vimeo.

Episode 26: Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Special Guest: Jessica Harper
Guest Co-Host: Ari the Archivist

Salutations from the other side! Mike and Mondo Justin are joined this week by Ari the Principal Archivist at www.swanarchives.org as we dissect Brian De Palma's rock and roll musical, Phantom of the Paradise.

We're your nightmare coming true.

Links:
Visit the Swan Archives
Buy the Phantom of the Paradise Soundtrack
Buy Phantom of the Paradise on DVD
Den of Geek talks about Phantom of the Paradise
Read all the lyrics to the POTP soundtrack
Visit another Phantom of the Paradise fan site
Check out the Arrow Films release of Phantom of the Paradise

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