Episode 593: The Hunger (1983)

Special Guests: Whitley Strieber, Michael Thomas
Guest Co-Hosts: Christine Makepeace, Kat Ellinger

We conclude #Shocktober2022 with a look at Tony Scott's The Hunger (1983). Based on the book by Whitley Strieber, the film stars Catherine Deneuve as Miriam, a being that’s lived thousands of years. When we meet her, her companion John (David Bowie) has been with her for a few hundred years and suddenly starts to age. There’s maybe one person in the world that might be able to help. Dr. Sarah Roberts (Susan Sarandon). She won’t save John but she’ll definitely spend a little time with Miriam…

Christine Makepeace and Kat Ellinger join Mike to discuss the film. Interviews include author Whitley Strieber and screenwriter Michael Thomas.

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy The Hunger on Blu-Ray
Buy The Hunger by Whitley Strieber
Visit Whitley Strieber's Unknown Country

Music:
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" - Bauhaus

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Episode 401: F/X Murder by Illusion (1986)

Special Guests: Robert Mandel, Alan Ormsby, Cliff DeYoung
Guest Co-Hosts: Adam Schartoff, Jedidiah Ayres

Robert Mandel's F/X (1986) (AKA FX: Murder by Illusion) is the story of Rollie Taylor (Bryan Brown), a movie special effects man who is hired by two government agents (Cliff DeYoung & Mason Adams) to stage the public assassination of a mob boss (Jerry Orbach) who’s turned state's evidence. What better way to keep the mob off the tail than by “killing him”? But things don’t turn out as easy as that.

Jedidiah Ayres and Adam Schartoff join Mike to discuss F/X, its sequel, and the spin-off TV series.

Interviews on this episode include director Robert Mandel, writer Alan Ormsby and actor Cliff DeYoung.

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Links:
Buy F/X on Blu-Ray
Buy F/X2 on Blu-Ray
Buy F/X The Series on DVD
Hear more Adam Schartoff on Filmwax Radio
Keep up with Jedidiah Ayres at Hardboiled Wonderland

Music:
"Bust the Bust" - Bill Conti
"The Bombs" - Bill Conti
"Just an Illusion" - Imagination

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Episode 234: Blue Collar (1978)

Special Guest: Paul Schrader
Guest Co-Host: Maitland McDonagh

Just in time for Labor Day, we're looking at the 1978 film all about the working man, Blue Collar. Directed and co-written by Paul Schrader it tells the tale of three men played by Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, and Richard Pryor working the line in our fair city - Detroit - dealing with factory work, family, the union, fraud, race and more.
Links:
Buy Blue Collar on DVD
Buy Blue Collar by Paul and Leonard Schrader
Buy Schrader on Schrader by Paul Schrader and Kevin Jackson
Buy Paul Schrader: Collected Screenplays Volume 1 by Paul Schrader
Visit the official Paul Schrader website
View a slideshow of Paul Schrader materials from the Harry Ransom Center
Visit Maitland McDonagh's 120 Days Books


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Music:
"Hard Workin Man" - Captain Beefheart
"Cadillac Assembly Line" - Albert King

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Episode 12: Shock Treatment (1981)

Special Guests: Jessica Harper, Cliff DeYoung

Hoopla! You'll find Mike and Mondo Justin in Denton this week, discussing the quasi-sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jim Sharman's 1981 film Shock Treatment.

Links:
Read L. Rob Hubbard's "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment"
Buy Shock Treatment on DVD
Buy the Shock Treatment soundtrack
Visit the official Rocky Horror fansite
Visit the Rocky Music website
Watch the That Guy with the Glasses episode on Shock Treatment

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