Episode 721: Kamikaze 89 (1982)

Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain, Chris Stachiw

Dive into a neon-drenched dystopia as Mike is joined by Chris Stachiw and Heather Drain to dissect 1982's Kamikaze 89! This cult oddity, directed by Wolf Grem, is the fifth adaptation of Per Wahlöö's Murder on the 31st Floor, but this version catapults the narrative into the "futuristic" world of 1989. Together, the team explores the film’s avant-garde aesthetic, its sly satire on media and power, and the iconic performance of Rainer Werner Fassbinder in a leopard-print suit. It’s a wild ride through West German sci-fi that defies convention and genre.

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Music:
"The 31st Floor" - Edgar Froese

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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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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 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.

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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.