Our appreciation of 1969 continues with a look at Piero Schivazappa's Femina Ridens / The Laughing Woman. Also sometimes known as The Frightened Woman, the film stars Philipe Leroy as Sayer, the head of a charity foundation, and Dagmar Lassander as Maria, one of his employees. She she expresses an interest in writing an article about male sterilization, he takes that as his cue to invite her to his house and enslave her. What else can a good chauvinist do?
Our appreciation of 1969 continues with our second look at an adaptation of Edogawa Rampo’s work, Blind Beast. Directed by Yasuzô Masumura, the film stars Mako Midori as Aki Shima, a model, and Eiji Funakoshi as Michio, a blind sculptor who becomes obsessed with her. He and his mother kidnap Aki and keep her in his warehouse studio where the two become engaged in a game of cat and mouse as he tries to create a new form of art that only the blind can appreciate.
Coffin Jon and Elric Kane join Mike to discuss the film specifically and Masumura's work generally.
Special Guests: Justin Bozung, Kate Buford, Preston Neal Jones Guest Co-Hosts: Rob St. Mary, Elric Kane
The 1968 film by Frank and Eleanor Perry, The Swimmer (based on the John Cheever short story of the same name), stars Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, a Connecticut executive who decides to head back home by swimming through the pools of his neighbors, a "river" which he names "Lucinda" after his wife. Along the way, Ned is met with drinks, laughs, reminders of his affairs that went sour, and maybe even reminders that what he pretends to be may be no more.
Elric Kane and co-host emeritus Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the trouble production and ground-breaking ideas of The Swimmer.
Elric Kane joins Mike to discuss the 1979 film from director Ivan Zulueta, Arrebato. The film stars Eusebio Poncela as Jose, a director who’s dissatisfied with his own work. He soon meets Pedro (Will More), a filmmaker of a different sort.
Special Guest: Daniel Petrie Jr.,
Steven Berkoff, Ronny Cox, John Ashton,
Harold Faltermeyer, Steven E. de Sousa Guest Co-Host: Elric Kane, Chris Cummins
In Martin Brest's Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Eddie Murphy stars as Detroit police officer Axel Foley. He pursues the killers of his childhood friend to Beverly Hills where the local constabulary find his methods questionable.
We talk to screenwriter Daniel Petrie Jr, actors John Ashton, Ronny Cox, and Steven Berkoff along with composer Harold Faltermeyer. As an added bonus, we talk to the original writer of Beverly Hills Cop III, Steven E. de Sousa.
Mike's joined by Chris Cummins and Elric Kane to discuss the Beverly Hills Cop series as well as the Sylvester Stallone offshoot, Cobra.
Music:
"Axel F" - Harold Faltermeyer
"Axel F" - Clock
"Axel F - Miami Vice" - The Ventures
"Foley Finds Mikey" - Harold Faltermeyer
"The Heat is On (Original Demo)" - LateNight@Oasis
"Zach Shoots" - Harold Faltermeyer
"Axel F" - Crazy Frog
"The New Team" - Harold Faltermeyer
"Party All the Time" - Eddie Murphy
Special Guest: Geoff Dyer Guest Co-Hosts: Elric Kane. Joe Yanick
Andrei Tarkovsky 's Stalker / Сталкер (1979) is a deceptively simple film about three men who venture into the verdant and mystical "Zone" in search of a room where their innermost desires will come true. Based loosely on Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkadiy Strugatskiy, the film becomes a meditative experience about art, religion, and logic.
Elric Kane and Joe Yanick join Mike to discuss this unusual "science fiction" film.
Special Guest: Jason V. Brock Guest Co-Host: Elric Kane, Chris Stachiw
On this special episode of The Projection Booth, we're looking at the 1962 film from Roger Corman, The Intruder. The film stars William Shatner as Adam Cramer, a stranger who comes to the Southern town of Caxton, a town on the brink of school integration. Cramer is there to stop integration or, moreover, he’s there to stir up trouble.
The film was written by Charles Beaumont who based the screenplay on his own novel of the same name.
Elric Kane and Chris Stachiw join Mike to discuss this remarkable and disturbing film that demonstrates how a demagogue can rise to power by stoking the fires of fear and hatred.
Special Guests: Caelum Vatnsdal, Sandor Stern, Andrew Neiderman, Cynthia Preston Guest Co-Hosts: Paul Corupe, Elric Kane
Adapted from a novel by Andrew Neiderman, Sandor Stern's Pin (1988) stars Terry O'Quinn as a doctor who speaks to his children Leon (David Hewlett) and Ursula (Cynthia Preston) through the anatomical dummy, Pin.
Guests on this Shocktober bonus episode include Caelum Vatnsdal, author of They Came From Within: A History Of Canadian Horror Cinema, as well as director Sandor Stern, author Andrew Neiderman, and actor Cynthia Preston.
Canuxplotation's Paul Corupe and Shock Waves's Elric Kane join Mike to discuss this eerie Canadian thriller.
Special Guests: Nicolas Roeg, Yale Udoff, Anthony Lawson Guest Co-Hosts: Elric Kane, Adam Long
Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing tells the story of two people, Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) and Milena Flaherty (Theresa Russell), who get together when maybe they shouldn't have.
Guests include director Nic Roeg, screenwriter Yale Udoff, and editor Tony Lawson.
Elric Kane of Killer POV and Adam Long of Movie Geeks United join Mike to discuss this sensual obsession.
Music:
"The Koln Concert" - Keith Jarrett
"Invitation to the Blues" - Tom Waits
"No One Else" - Weezer
"Carnival" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
"Piggy in the Mirror" - The Cure
"The Spy" - The Doors
Guest Co-Hosts: Kat Ellinger, Elric Kane
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