Episode 690: Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Guest Co-Hosts: El Goro, Andrew Nette

Andrew Nette, El Goro, and Mike have no failure in communicating about Stuart Rosenberg's 1967 film, Cool Hand Luke.  Based on the novel by Donn Pearce, the film stars Paul Newman as the titular Luke.  He’s a former war hero who cuts the heads off of some parking meters and gets tossed onto a chain gang for his crimes.  There he joins a host of colorful convicts and sinister bosses mostly played by character actors.

We discuss the film and the book as well as highlighting some of Rosenberg's other directorial efforts. 

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 690: Cool Hand Luke (1967)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce
Buy Cool Hand Luke on Blu-Ray

Music:
"Plastic Jesus" - Flametrick Subs
"Tar Sequence" - Lalo Schifrin

Watch:

Episode 628: Human Highway (1982)

Special Guest: Charlotte Stewart
Guest Co-Hosts: Darren Williams, Heather Drain

Co-directed by Neil Young (as Bernard Shakey) and Dean Stockwell, Human Highway stars Russ Tamblyn as Fred Kelly, a gas jockey and mechanic who gets a new job working for Young Otto (Dean Stockwell).

Released in 1982, the film ties into Neil Young’s Rust Never Sleeps punk era of his career.

Darren Williams and Heather Drain join Mike to discuss the film while actress Charlotte Stewart talks about the unusual way in which Human Highway was made.

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 628: Human Highway (1982)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Human Highway on DVD

Music:
"Gasoline" - Bobby Byrd and the Family Byrd
"Human Highway" - Neil Young
"It Takes a Worried Man" - Devo
"Mr. Soul" - Love Battery
"Ohio" - Devo

Watch:

Episode 616: Super Mario Bros. (1993)

Special Guests: Jeff Ryan, Jim Jennewein, Tom S. Parker, Fred Caruso, David L. Snyder, Chris F. Woods, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Parker Bennett, Mojo Nixon, Richard Edson, Ed Solomon
Guest Co-Hosts: Chris Stachiw

Chris Stachiw joins Mike to discuss the 1993 film from directors Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, Super Mario Bros. It's the story of two brothers, Mario Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi Mario (John Leguizamo) who cross over from Brooklyn, USA to another dimension ruled by the ruthless King Koopa (Dennis Hopper), in an attempt to rescue Princess Daisy (played by Samantha Mathis).

Is their princess in another castle or will they be able to rescue her and make some coin along the way?

This episode is a little out of the ordinary. It features a montage of interviews from a dozen people integral to Super Mario Bros..

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 626: Super Mario Bros. (1993)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Super Mario Bros on (Region 2) Blu-Ray
Buy Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan
Visit the ultimate Super Mario Brothers website
Learn more about Jeff Ryan
Visit the Terry Runte website
Read Original ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Directors Were ‘Abandoned by Hollywood’ After ‘Reviled’ 1993 Film. Then Quentin Tarantino Helped Vindicate Them by Ethan Shanfeld

Music:
Incidental Music by Koji Kondo
"Come to Mario"
"Do the Mario"
"You Bring Me Closer to Mario"

Watch:

Special Report: Other Side of the Wind Redux

Special Guests: Bob Murawski, Joseph McBride, Josh Karp
Guest Co-Hosts: Ken Stanley, Rob St. Mary

On this special episode of The Projection Booth we're looking at Orson Welles's The Other Side of the Wind (2018) again. Way back in May 2015, four years ago, it was still something of a dream that this film would ever get completed and shown to the world. There were rumors but there had been rumors before.

Rob St. Mary and Ken Stanley join Mike to discuss finally seeing the forty-year-in-the-making film. Josh Karp (author of Orson Welles's Last Movie: The Making of The Other Side of the Wind and Joseph McBride (author of Whatever Happened to Orson Welles?) return to give their thoughts on the film while Michigan's own Bob Murawski discusses the incredible task of completing Welles's fragmented film.

Correction: Per Bob Murawski, the section with the mannequins was not done via CGI!

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Special Report: Other Side of the Wind Redux" on Spreaker.

Bonus Interview with Bob Murawski:

Listen to "Special Report: Other Side of the Wind Redux: Bob Murawski" on Spreaker.

Links:
Watch The Other Side of the Wind on Netflix
Buy Orson Welles's Last Movie by Josh Karp
Buy What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? by Joseph McBride
Buy Making Movies with Orson Welles by Gary Graver (with Andrew Rausch)
Read more about Other Side of the Wind at WellesNet
Buy the Other Side of the Wind script (in English and French)
Read more about Kael Vs. Kane

Music:
"Music to Watch Girls By" - Tony Hatch
"Music to Watch Girls By" - Les McCann
"Music to Watch Girls By" - The Ventures
"Fruit and Icebergs" - Blue Cheer

Watch:

Special Report: The Last Movie (1971)

Special Guests: Craig Rogers, David Marriott, John Buck Wilkin, Jessica Hundley, Nick Ebeling, Satya de la Manitou
Guest Co-Hosts: Ben Buckingham, Nick Dawson

On this special episode of The Projection Booth we’re looking at Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie. Barely released by Universal Pictures in 1971, the film stars Hopper as Kansas -- a man as middle-American as his name. He’s in Peru as a stunt man for a Western. When the cast and crew packs up and goes back to Hollywood, he stays behind where the natives form a sort of cargo cult around movie-making, holding up Kansas as their god, savior, and their sacrifice.

Mike talks to Craig Rogers and David Marriott from Arbelos Films who have restored The Last Movie and have re-released the film. He speaks to author Jessica Hundley, editor of Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967, John Buck Wilkin who performed music on both The Last Movie and Lawrence Schiller & L. M. Kit Carson's The American Dreamer. Finally, he speaks with Nick Ebeling, the director of Along for the Ride and its subject, Satya De La Manitou.

Nick Dawson and Ben Buckingham join Mike to discuss the film as well as its fascinating history.

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Special Report: The Last Movie (1971)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy the Along for the Ride book
Read Dennis Hopper's Mad Vision by Josh Karp
Be sure to LIKE Along for the Ride on Facebook
Read My uneasy ride with Dennis Hopper by John Buck Wilkin
Read When Westerns Were Un-American by J. Hoberman
Read Hip Hopp: Dennis Hopper, Protest, And Popular Music by Dominic Preston
Read DENNIS HOPPER’S “THE LAST MOVIE” | THE FILM THAT BURIED A VISIONARY by JP

Music:
"Easy Rider, 1970" by Chris Sikelianos

Watch:

SCENE MISSING from Alex Cox on Vimeo.

Episode 104: Blue Velvet (1986)

Special Guest: Paul M. Sammon
Guest Co-Host: Vincenzo Natali

Logs, logs, logs. We're going to Lumberton, USA this week to talk about David Lynch's Blue Velvet, a neo-noir that examines the dark underbelly of idyllic small town life.

Joining Mike and Rob is special guest co-host Vincenzo Natali, director of Cube, Splice, and the upcoming release, Haunter.

Links:
Buy Blue Velvet on Blu-Ray
A great German David Lynch site
Another great David Lynch site
Yet another David Lynch site
Buy the Blue Velvet soundtrack
Hear more David Lynch soundtrack mash-ups at Mashed in Plastic
Visit the Blue Velvet Project at Filmmaker Magazine
Read “David Lynch should be shot”: Looking back on the madness and chaos of “Blue Velvet” and Ronald Reagan’s '80s by Dennis Lim
Isabella Rossellini finally responded to Roger Ebert's review

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 104: Blue Velvet (1986)" on Spreaker.

Bonus: Music Mix


Music:
Music used in this episode
"Honky Tonk" by Bill Doggett
"Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton
"Song to the Siren" by This Mortal Coil
"In Dreams" by Roy Orbison
"Blue Rigby" by Wax Audio
"Blue Velvet" by Lana Del Rey
"Frank's Here" by The Who Boys
"Tricky Mystery Cruise" by Robbie D
"Mysteries of Love" by Julee Cruise

Watch:

Episode 10: Head (1968)

Special Guests: Eric Lefcowitz & Monte Hellman

Can you dig it? It's The Monkees's 1968 movie that confounded critics and perplexed audiences, Bob Rafelson's Head. Mike and Mondo Justin talk about the history of Head and discuss its inception and perception.

We're joined one of the editors of Head, Monte Hellman, and the author of Monkee Business, Eric Lefcowitz.

Errata: Charles Manson never tried out for The Monkees

Links:
Buy Head on DVD
Buy the Head soundtrack
Buy Monkee Business by Eric Lefcowitz
Learn more about Eric Lefcowitz's Monkee Business
Visit sotcaa.net for more about Head

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 10: Head (1968)" on Spreaker.

Watch:






Timothy Carey


Promo


Trailer


Interview


Deleted Scenes