Episode 509: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

Guest Co-Hosts: Kat Ellinger, Heather Drain

We’re looking at the 1972 film from Rainer Werner Fassbinder, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. It’s the story of love and loss for the titular Petra Von Kant (Margrit Carstensen) a fashion designer and her model/muse Karin (Hanna Schygulla). We see the beginnings and endings of that relationship as well as the fall out.

Heather Drain and Kat Ellinger join Mike to discuss this melodramatic work.

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Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant on Blu-Ray
Read In the Moment: Irm Hermann in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant by Matías Piñeiro
Read Nod to the Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant by Boudoir Queen
Read Whose are the Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant? by Cerise Howard

Music:
"In My Room" - The Walker Brothers

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Episode 107: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

Special Guests: Michael Ballhaus
& Darren J. N. Middleton

Just in time for Easter, we're looking at Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ. Initially slated for release in 1984, the film was derailed for years. We examine the history, the controversy, and the film.

Links:
Buy Scandalizing Jesus? by Darren J. N. Middleton
Buy Film, Faith, and Cultural Conflict: The Case of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ by Thomas Robin Riley
Buy Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars by Thomas R Lindlof
Buy The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
Buy The Last Temptation of Christ on Blu-Ray
Buy Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ by Peter Gabriel
Check out the works of Bart D. Ehrman

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Music Mix:
Jesus Was Way Cool - King Missile
Too Much Heaven On Their Minds - Carl Anderson
Ten Wheels For Jesus - Elvis Hitler
Jesus Built My Hot Rod - Ministry
Jesus Christ Pose - Sound Garden
Chocolate Jesus - Tom Waits
Plastic Jesus - Jello Biafra
Always Look on The Bright Side of Life - Harry Nilsson
Man Up - Book of Mormon Soundtrack
Jesus Is Back In Black
American Jesus - Dean Gray
Too Much Heaven on Their Minds
Jesus Christ Superstar - Laibach



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Episode 80: The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

Special Guest: Craig Bierko

Josef Rusnak's The Thirteenth Floor , a sci-fi flick from 1999, was mistaken for a "Matrix rip-off" upon release. The film was based on the 1964 Daniel F. Galouye novel Simulacron-3 (aka Counterfeit World) and was also the basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire.

Links:
Read Frederik Pohl's Tunnel Under the World
Buy Daniel F. Galouye's Simulacron-3
Read Daniel F. Galouye's Spillthrough
Buy World on a Wire on DVD
Buy The Thirteenth Floor on DVD
Watch Craig Bierko in Illeana Douglas's Easy to Assemble

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Bonus Interview with Craig Bierko

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Bonus Interview with Michael Ballhaus

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This is the alternate ending to The Thirteenth Floor.