Showing posts with label David Fincher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Fincher. Show all posts

December 15, 2021

Episode 551: Fight Club (1999)

Special Guests: Chuck Palahniuk, Ross Grayson Bell, Jim Uhls
Guest Co-Hosts: Maitland McDonagh, Rob St. Mary

Rob St. Mary and Maitland McDonagh join Mike to look at the 1999 film from director David Fincher, Fight Club. Based on the book by , the film stars Edward Norton as an office drone who becomes addicted to self-help groups until he starts his own. However, we are not allowed to talk about it.

Interviews on this episode include author Chuck Palahniuk, producer Ross Grayson Bell, and screenwriter .

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Fight Club on Blu-Ray Buy Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy Expedition by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread by Chuck Palahniuk

Music:
"Fight Club Soundtrack" - The Dust Brothers
"Where is My Mind?" - The Pixies

Sponsor:
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Fight Club minus Tyler Durden from Richard Trammell on Vimeo.

January 15, 2021

Special Report: Alien Resurrection (1997)

Special Guests: Gary Dourdan, Leland Orser, Pitof
Guest Co-Hosts: El Goro, Mike Thompson

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, we're looking at Alien: Resurrection, it's the next chapter (some might say last chapter) of the Alien Saga started by Ridley Scott back in 1979. Released in 1997, we re-join Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) five years after Alien 3 but 200 years after the events portrayed in David Fincher's film.

El Goro and Mike Thompson join Mike (White) to discuss the strange hybrid of 's American script and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's French sensibilities.

REDEMPTION DAY is now available in select theaters, on demand and digital.

Interviews:
01:27:15 - Gary Dourdan discusses his latest film Redemption Day along with his role of Christie in Alien: Resurrection

01:45:32 - Leland Orser talks about his roles in Se7en, Very Bad Things, Escape from L.A. and more

02:18:46 - Pitof talks about his work with Jeunet & Caro

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Bonus Interview: More with Pitof

Links:
Buy the Alien Series on Blu-Ray
Buy Memory: The Origin of Alien on Blu-Ray
Buy The Alien: Resurrection Novelization by A.C. Crispin
Buy Making of Alien: Resurrection by Andrew Murdock

Music:
Original Soundtrack - John Frizzell

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July 21, 2015

Episode 228: Alien3 (1992)

Special Guests: Lance Henriksen, Holt McCallany, , Mark Verheiden
Guest Co-Host: Brad Jones

One of the most hated -- and possibly most misunderstood -- sequels around, David Fincher's Alien³ had contentious production history. We'll attempt to unwrap the behind-the-scenes turmoil and on-screen mayhem along with Brad Jones, the Cinema Snob.

We talked to Vincent Ward who brought the idea of "monks in space" to the game and the late John Fasano who worked on a few drafts of the Alien 3 script. We also spoke with actors Lance Henriksen and Holt McCallany about what it was like to be on the set. And, we're joined by Mark Verheiden who wrote the incredible Dark Horse comics Alien series.

BTW, this episode was not very popular with hard core Alien3 fans.

Errata: The baby alien came out of Kane, not Ash, in Alien. The less-than-stellar special effects of Alien³ were a blue-screened rod puppet, not CGI. The "Assembly Cut" on the Blu-Ray Quadrilogy does not contain new shots but only cleaned-up audio.

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Bonus Interview: Lance Henriksen

Links:
Buy Alien3 on Blu-Ray
Buy the Alien Anthology on Blu-Ray
Buy the Alien Omnibus by Mark Verheiden
Be sure to visit The Cinema Snob website
Be sure to LIKE Lance Henriksen on Facebook
Visit the official Vincent Ward website
Visit the official Holt McCallany website
Visit Mark Verheiden's blog
Learn more about the Alien Identity fan film
Learn more about Neill Blomkamp's Alien concepts
Visit the Alien Anthology wiki
Read The Metamorphoses of Alien III by Mike White
Read The Weird Marketing of the Alien Films by Chris Cummins
Read It's Time You Reconsidered Alien 3 by Scott Wampler
Read Why Newt And Hicks Had To Die In ALIEN 3 by Devin Faraci
Read 10 Reasons Alien 3 Is A Misunderstood Masterpiece by Percival Constantine
Read Alien 3: A Haunting Failure by Theresa DeLucci
Read Mother From Another Planet from Strange Shapes
Read Alien3: Set Visit To A Troubled Sequel by Garth Pearce
Read Alien 3: the story ideas that never made it to the screen by Ryan Lambie
Read Alien 3 – Fincher Talks! by Greg Moss
Read In Defense of Alien 3 which Actually Doesn't Suck by Cheryl Eddy
Read WILLIAM GIBSON'S ORIGINAL ALIEN 3 SCRIPT TO BE ADAPTED BY DARK HORSE COMICS by Kevin Frasier
Listen to the Faculty of Horror episode on Aliens and Alien3

Music:
"Wreckage and Rape" - Elliot Goldenthal
"The Entrapment" - Elliot Goldenthal
"The Beast Within" - Elliot Goldenthal
"Alien" - 1919

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The Unloved - Alien³ from Scout Tafoya on Vimeo.

The first installment of The Unloved looks at David Fincher's oft-maligned debut feature, the bleakest of the Alien series.