Episode 547: The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Guest Co-Hosts: Spencer Parsons, Peter Flynn

Noirvember 2021 continues with a look at Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai (1947). It’s the story of Michael O’Hara (Welles), a sailor who falls in with a strange group of people: A gorgeous blonde, Elsa (Rita Hayworth), the titular lady from Shanghai, her husband, Arthur Bannister, a high-powered lawyer, and his partner, Grisby, a weirdo who wants to fake his own death and pin it on Michael.

Spencer Parsons and Peter Flynn join Mike to discuss this highly-compromised film.

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Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy The Lady from Shanghai on Blu-Ray
Buy If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King

Music:
"Lady from Shanghai" - Tav Falco's Panther Burns

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Episode 482: F for Fake (1973)

Special Guest: Matthew Asprey Gear
Guest Co-Hosts: Peter Flynn, Spencer Parsons

F for Fake, the 1973 essay film from Orson Welles is a story of art forgery, the phony autobiography of Howard Hughes, and quite a bit of sleight of hand from our humble narrator, Mr. Welles himself.

Peter Flynn and Spencer Parsons join Mike to discuss hoaxes, magic tricks, and the power of editing.

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Links:
Buy F for Fake on Blu-Ray
Buy At the End of the Street in the Shadow: Orson Welles and the City by Matthew Asprey Gear
Visit the official Matthew Asprey Gear website
Visit the online Welles Archive
Buy Hoax: A History of Deception: 5,000 Years of Fakes, Forgeries, and Fallacies by Ian Tattersall and Peter Névraumon

Music:
"F For Fake" - Bob Dylan
"F For Fake (Verites Et Mensonges) - Orson's Theme" - Michel Legrand
"F For Fake" - Five or Six

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Episode 335: The Bellboy (1960)

Special Guests: Shawn Levy
Guest Co-Hosts: Craig Bierko, Peter Flynn

The 1960 directorial debut from Jerry Lewis, The Bellboy, also stars Lewis in the titular role. He's Stanley, a put upon hotel worker at the Fountainbleu hotel in Miami. The film doesn’t necessarily have a three act plot per se but is more an opportunity for a string of gags.

Filmmaker Peter Flynn and actor Craig Bierko join Mike to discuss The Bellboy as well as many other aspects of Lewis's career. Special guest Shawn Levy is the author of King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis.

Please note that Craig Bierko is an ardent supporter of Loma Linda University Children's Hospital (LLUCH), pioneers of the first infant heart transplant. Please help LLUCH keep its pledge to never turn away any child in need by texting KIDS at 27722 and donating $10 instantly from your phone bill.

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Links:
Buy The Bellboy on DVD
Buy King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis by Shawn Levy
Buy the Pierre Etaix collection
Buy Funny Bones on DVD
Buy UnReal on DVD
Buy Dying of the Light on DVD
Hear more of Peter Flynn on the Dying of the Light episode
Hear more of Craig Bierko on the Strange Brew and Thirteenth Floor episodes

Music:
"Jack the Bellboy" - Lionel Hampton
"Hey Bellboy" - Gloria Wood

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Special Report:The Dying of the Light (2015)

Special Guest: Peter Flynn
Guest Co-Host: Chris Bricklemyer

On this special episode, director Peter Flynn discusses his 2015 documentary about the art of projection, The Dying of the Light.

Outside the Cinema and Are You Serious's Mr. Chris joins Mike to reminisce about days and nights in the multiplex.

Links:
Buy Dying of the Light on DVD
Visit the official Dying of the Light website
Read Alone in the Dark, Old-School Projectionists Keep Film From the Grave by Laura Mallonee
Read In The War Between Film And Digital, Nobody Wins by Adam Faze
Read So How Does Analog Film Work Anyway? by Bryan Menegus
Listen to The Nitrate Picture Show episode

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Music:
"Cinema Paradiso" - Ennio Morricone
"Super Cinema" - Ian Broudie

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The Dying of the Light Trailer from Peter Flynn on Vimeo.

Do Pay Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain from De Filmkrant on Vimeo.

Projection: 85 Years of the Projection Booth in Movies from Joseph Holmes on Vimeo.