Episode 640: Black Legion (1937)

Special Guest: Tom Stanton
Guest Co-Hosts: Otto Bruno, Rahne Alexander

Otto Bruno and Rahne Alexander join Mike to discuss the 1937 Archie Mayo film, Black Legion. Based loosely on the actual racist terrorist organization from Detroit, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as Frank Taylor, a man who gets passed over for a promotion by one of those darned immigrants. He does the only thing that makes sense by joining a hate group and trying to bolster his manhood with violence.

Special guest Tom Stanton talks about his book, Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit, which looks at the highs and lows of 1930s Detroit.

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Links:
Buy Black Legion on DVD
Listen to Radioactive: The Father Coughlin Story
Buy Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit by Tom Stanton
Buy American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hochschild

Music:
"Main Title" - Bernhard Kaun

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Episode 548: Chameleon Street (1990)

Special Guests: Daniel Noga, Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Guest Co-Hosts: Jay Jackson, Jonathan Melville

#Noirvember 2021 continues with a look at Wendell B. Harris Jr.'s Chameleon Street (1990). After winning the Sundance film festival in 1990 the film took too long to come out theatrically and died a quick death after it did. It’s the story of Douglas Street played by Harris. He’s a man who goes from installing burglar alarms to extorting a Detroit Tiger to impersonating a doctor, student, lawyer, and more.

Jay Jackson and Jonathan Melville join Mike to discuss this thought-provoking film.

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
BUy the Chameleon Street Blu-Ray

Music:
"Street Chameleon" - Curtis MacDonald

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Special Report: Freep Film Festival 2019

Special Guest: Steve Byrne
Mike talks with Steve Byrne, Arts and Entertainment Editor of The Detroit Free Press and Executive Director of the Freep Film Festival, the documentary-focused fest that runs from April 10-14, 2019.

In the spotlight are films such as Boy Howdy! The Story of Creem Magazine, Bathtubs Over Broadway, and Detroit Tigers: The Roar of '84.

Mike is scheduled to moderate the following post-screening Q&As:

• Thursday April 11 at 9PM at Cinema Detroit: Live From the Astroturf: Alice Cooper
• Saturday April 13 at 6PM at Emagine Royal Oak: Live From the Astroturf: Alice Cooper
• Sunday April 14 at 3PM at the Community Arts Auditorium, Wayne State University: Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers

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Music:
"Be My Lover" - Alice Cooper

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Freep Film Fest 2017

Special Guest: Steve Byrne

Mike talks with Steve Byrne of the Detroit Free Press about the 2017 Freep Film Festival, the documentary-focused fest that runs from March 30-April 2, 2017.

In the spotlight are films such as 12th & Clairmount, The 24 Hour War, Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future, The Force, Making Waves: Battle for the Great Lakes, Tickling Giants and On the Sly: The Search for the Family Stone.

Mike is scheduled to moderate the post-screening Q&A with director Michael Rubenstone at the Cinema Detroit On the Sly screening 5:30 PM on Saturday April 1.

Rob St. Mary is scheduled to moderate the post-screening Q&A with Jeff Lambert, executive director, National Film Preservation Foundation. at the Cinema Detroit Field Guide to Sponsored Film screening 8:00 PM on Saturday April 1.

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Links:
Visit the official Freep Film Festival website

Music:
"Cola Bottle Baby" - Edwin Birdsong
"Loose Booty" - Sly & The Family Stone

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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Special Report: The Freep Film Festival (2014)

Special Guest: Steve Byrne

On this special report, Mike talks to Steve Byrne of the Detroit Free Press about the new Freep Film Festival that runs March 20-23, 2014.

Links:
Learn more about the Freep Film Festival
Like the Freep Film Festival via Facebook

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Special Report: Detropia (2012)

Special Guests: Heidi Ewing, Florent Tillon, Philip Lauri

Continuing our coverage of Detroit this week, we're looking at the new documentary Detropia as well as some other Detroit-centric documentaries, including Detroit Wild City and After the Factory.

Listen to the first part of our coverage as we talk about Detroit 9000.

Links:
Buy Detropia on DVD
Get Detropia via iTunes
Visit the official Detropia website
Get Detroit Wild City on VOD
See the preview for Detroit Wild City
Visit the official After the Factory website
Detropia kicks off the Michigan Theater's Motor City Movies series

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Episode 79: Detroit 9000 (1973)

Special Guests: Arthur Marks, Alex Rocco

We're reporting from downtown Detroit from the locations used in Arthur Marks's policier Detroit 9000, the story of a black and white cop who get the thankless job of investigating a robbery which quickly turns into a political hot potato.

Links:
Buy Detroit 9000 on DVD
Visit Alex Rocco's official website
See comparisons between the film and present day locations at Detroit Funk
See the route we followed to record this episode via Google Maps

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Episode 16: Robocop (1987)

Special Guests: Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer, Monte Hellman, Michael Miner, Ed Naha, Ed Neumeier, & Jerry Paffendorf

Mike & Mondo Justin hit the streets of Old Detroit in search of our city's savior, Robocop. In this super ultra deluxe edition of The Projection Booth we discuss this landmark film and chat with many of the folks involved in both its production and in its aftermath including Jerry Paffendorf of DetroitNeedsRobocop.com.

Links
Visit the Robocop Archive
Buy Robocop on DVD
Buy the Robocop series
Buy the Prime Directive series
Buy Ed Naha's Robocop novelization
Read the Oral History of Robocop
Buy RoboCop: The Definitive History by Calum Waddell
Listen to our discussion of Starship Troopers
Read about the Robocop 2: Corporate Wars script
Listen to Fred Dekker talk about Robocop 2

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Bonus Interview: Miguel Ferrer

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Robocop 2 Discussion


Robocop Music Mix:

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Music:
Robocop Theme - Basil Poledouris
Don't Worry Baby - Keith Moon
Milkbone Underwear - Ronny Cox
Robocop Theme - Nintendo 8-bit version
Robocop (Who R U?) - B.O.S.E
OCP - Gama Bomb
Robocop - Sleaze Boyz
Murphy's Law - Priestess
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Robocop: Streets of Detroit - Shiryu
Murphy, It's You - Al & Jon Kaplan

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RoboCop: The Musical - "Murphy, It's You" (Peter Weller) from Jon and Al on Vimeo.

Our RoboCop Remake - (Full Movie) from DaveAOK on Vimeo.