Showing posts with label Christopher Walken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christopher Walken. Show all posts

March 27, 2024

Episode 678: Communion (1989)

Episode 678: Communion (1989) Special Guests: Whitley Strieber, Philippe Mora
Guest Co-Hosts: Joseph Maddrey, Jonathan Penner

Joseph Maddrey and Jonathan Penner join Mike to look at Philippe Mora's unusual and challenging 1989 film Communion. Written by and adapted from his own book... and his own life... the film stars Christopher Walken as Strieber, a writer who experiences an alien abduction.

Director Phillipe Mora and writer Whitley Strieber discuss the making of the film and its effect on their careers.

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Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Read Communing with Whitley Strieber by Joseph Maddrey
Buy Communion on Blu-Ray
Buy Communion by Whitley Strieber

Music:
"Mr. Spaceman" - The Byrds

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March 9, 2024

Special Report: Dune Part Two (2024)

Special Report: Dune Part Two (2024) Special Guest: Max Evry
Guest Co-Host: Chris Stachiw

On this special Projection Booth / Kulturecast cross-over, Mike talks with Chris Stachiw about Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two (2024) in which we re-join the continuing struggles of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) on the desert planet Arrakis (also known as "Dune") as well as a handful of new characters: Princess Irulan, the Emperor of the Known Universe, and Feyd-Rautha.

Author Max Evry discusses his 2023 book A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune. An Oral History the definitive book about the 1984 film.

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Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Dune by Frank Herbert

Music:
"Travel South" - Hans Zimmer
"Weapon of Choice" - Fatboy Slim

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December 30, 2019

Special Report: Brainstorm (1983)

Special Guests: Douglas Trumbull, Louise Fletcher, Bruce Joel Rubin, Philip Frank Messina, Robert Stitzel, Joseph Maddrey
Guest Co-Hosts: Samm Deighan, David Kittredge

For the last episode in our Sci-Fi December series it's a five hour journey into Douglas Trumbull's Brainstorm (1983) which stars Christopher Walken as scientist Michael Brace who has helped in the discovery of a new technology that records the sensations of a person and allows for playback directly into another person's brain.

Co-hosts Samm Deighan and David Kittredge join Mike to discuss the film, the tragic death of Natalie Woods that overshadowed it, and the film's spiritual sequel, Strange Days (1995).

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Discussion 1: 00:02:00 - 01:03:45

Interstitial Music: Original Soundtrack - James Horner

Interview: Douglas Trumbull 01:06:30 - 02:11:44

Interview: Louise Fletcher 02:11:44 - 02:20:10

Interview: 02:20:13 - 02:57:57

Interview: 02:58:00 - 03:29:37

Interview: 03:29:45 - 03:57:00

Interview: Joseph Maddrey 03:52:02 - 04:31:03

Discussion 2: 04:32:00 - 05:02:23

End Song: "Brainstorm" - Hawkwind

Links:
Order Brainstorm on Blu-Ray
Order Brainstorm by Joseph Maddrey
Read The True Story of the Lost Sci-Fi Movie 'Brainstorm,' Natalie Wood’s Last Film by Ryan D'Agostino and Eleanor Hildebrandt
Visit the official Bruce Joel Rubin website

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