Episode 425: It Happened Here (1964)

Special Guest: Peter Suschitzky
Guest Co-Hosts: Wynter Tyson, Caelum Vatnsdal

Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo's It Happened Here (1964) tells the story of Pauline (Pauline Murray), a nurse who lives in a world where the Nazis took over the UK during World War II. At first she goes along with the rule of the Reich until she witnesses -- and unwittingly participates in -- their cruelty, prompting her to join the British Resistance.

Wynter Tyson and Caelum Vatnsdal join Mike to discuss alternate histories, Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here, and when fascist aliens took over the United States.

This episode features the first part of our interview with cinematographer Peter Suschitzky.

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Buy How It Happened Here by Kevin Brownlow
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Music:
"Bring Me Edelweiss" - Edelweiss

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Special Report: Punishment Park (1971)

Special Guests: Joseph A. Gomez, Jon Dieringer

In this special #Occupy edition of the Projection Booth, we look at Peter Watkins's seminal faux documentary film Punishment Park (1971) and discuss what it means forty years later.

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Buy Punishment Park on DVD
Peter Watkins's Official Site
Occupy Cinema
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