Special Report: Lost Highway (1997)

Special Guest: Barry Gifford
Guest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, Jedidiah Ayres

We conclude #Noirvember 2021 with a special episode about David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997). Written by Lynch and Barry Gifford, it’s the story of Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), a musician who has trouble trusting his wife, Renee (Patricia Arquette). When they begin to get anonymous deliveries of VHS tapes, the pair are plunged into an underworld of mystery...

Jedidiah Ayres and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss the film and this phase of David Lynch’s career.

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Lost Highway on Blu-Ray
Buy the Lost Highway screenplay
Learn more about Barry Gifford and Roy's World
Listen to Tim Lucas's omitted commentary track

Music:
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" - Barry Adams
"Rammstein" - Rammstein

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ROY'S WORLD official trailer #1 from Rob Christopher on Vimeo.

Episode 496: The Phynx (1970)

Special Guests: Bob Booker, Lou Antonio, Larry Hankin
Guest Co-Hosts: Mike Sullivan, Terry Frost

Lee H. Katzin's The Phynx (1970) is a story of espionage, intrigue, rock and roll, and the generational divide. It's about a fake rock band, the titular Phynx, who are sent on the road to infiltrate Albania whose evil government has been kidnapping America's elderly celebrities.

Mike Sullivan and Terry Frost join Mike to discuss the film as well as other generation gap movies like Skidoo, Sextette, and more.

Interviews:
00:56:32 Writer/Producer Bob Booker talks about his career in radio, comedy albums, and more.

01:48:00 Actor Lou Antonio discusses his autobiography, Cool Hand Lou, and his roles in The Phynx, "Star Trek," and Cool Hand Luke.

02:14:07 In an excerpt from a longer interview, actor Larry Hankin shares memories of The Phynx and "Barry."

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Bonus Interview with Larry Hankin:

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Links:
Buy The Phynx on DVD
Read The Lost and Only Film Score of Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
Check out the Adam Film World pictures
Visit the official Shock Cinema magazine website
Visit the official Cinema Sewer magazine website

Music:
"I've Got Them Feelin' Too Good Today Blues" - Peggy Lee
"Trip With Me" - Nancy Wilson
"How About a Little Hand (For the Boys In the Band)" - The Boys In The Band
"Hello, Jack" - Jack Wild

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Episode 376: The Mack (1973)

Guest Co-Hosts: Jon Cross, Moe Porne

Michael Campus's The Mack (1973 ) stars Max Julien as Goldie, a man who was set up and goes to jail only to come out and fulfill his dream of becoming the baddest pimp in town. He’s got the mob, the cops, black nationalists, and fellow pimps to contend with... it’s a rags to fur and velvet story.

Jon Cross (The After Movie Diner) and Moe Porne (No-Budget Nightmares) join Mike to discuss this classic blaxploitation film.

Links:
Buy The Mack on DVD

Music:
"The Mack" Soundtrack - Willie Hutch

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Episode 275: Some Call It Loving (1973)

Special Guest: James B. Harris
Guest Co-Host: Heather Drain, Aaron Peterson

When Robert Troy (Zalman King) buys a "sleeping beauty" (Tisa Farrow) at a carnival and introduces her to the playscape of fantasy roleplay in which he lives every day, things don't necessarily work out in Some Call it Loving, a beautiful and unusual film from 1973.

Writer/director James B. Harris discusses the genesis of the film as well as his work with Stanley Kubrick on The Killing, Paths of Glory, One-Eyed Jacks, and more. He also compares the volatility of Timothy Carey to Richard Pryor.

Heather Drain and The Hollywood Outsider's Aaron Peterson join Mike in discussing the film as well as other interpretations of the Sleeping Beauty tale.

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Links:
Buy Some Call It Loving on Blu-Ray/DVD
Read Asleep No More: James B. Harris' SOME CALL IT LOVING by Heather Drain
Read Eyes Wide Shut: ‘Some Call It Loving’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by Adam Nayman
Read the Film Comment interview with James B. Harris
Visit the Etiquette Pictures website
Keep up with Heather Drain at Mondo Heather
Be sure to check out The Hollywood Outsider

Music:
"The Very Thought of You" - Nat King Cole
"The Sleeping Beauty Waltz" - Tchaikovsky
"In Dreams" - Roy Orbison
"Sleeepwalk" - Santo & Johnny
"Once Upon a Dream" - Lana Del Rey

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Episode 234: Blue Collar (1978)

Special Guest: Paul Schrader
Guest Co-Host: Maitland McDonagh

Just in time for Labor Day, we're looking at the 1978 film all about the working man, Blue Collar. Directed and co-written by Paul Schrader it tells the tale of three men played by Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, and Richard Pryor working the line in our fair city - Detroit - dealing with factory work, family, the union, fraud, race and more.
Links:
Buy Blue Collar on DVD
Buy Blue Collar by Paul and Leonard Schrader
Buy Schrader on Schrader by Paul Schrader and Kevin Jackson
Buy Paul Schrader: Collected Screenplays Volume 1 by Paul Schrader
Visit the official Paul Schrader website
View a slideshow of Paul Schrader materials from the Harry Ransom Center
Visit Maitland McDonagh's 120 Days Books


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Music:
"Hard Workin Man" - Captain Beefheart
"Cadillac Assembly Line" - Albert King

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Episode 166: Boss Nigger (1974)

Special Guest: Fred "The Hammer" Williamson

Boss Nigger is one of the American Westerns that used the feel of the Euro-westerns that came to the fore in the mid-1960s, but with an African-American twist. The film stars Fred "The Hammer" Williamson as "Boss" and D'Urville Martin as "Amos" – two bounty hunters who become sheriff and deputy of a small western town. The twosome battles bad guys, civic corruption and racism with words and guns.

Our special guest co-host this week is David Walker of Badazz Mofo.

WARNING: You will hear the word in the title a bit. But, if you are offended by ANY USE of that word, skip this episode. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Music:
“Straight up Nigga” – Ice-T
“I Don’t Wanna Be Called Yo Nigga” – Public Enemy

Links:
Buy "Boss" on DVD
Listen to the first part of our interview with The Hammer
Check out David Walker's BadAzz MoFo
Read David Walker's Reflections on Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak

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Episode 153: Hit! (1973)

Special Guest: Sidney J. Furie
Guest Co-Host: Daniel Kremer

We're looking at the 1973 action film HIT! from director Sidney J. Furie. The film stars Billy Dee Williams as federal agent Nick Allen. When Nick's sister takes a hot shot, he goes on the warpath for the people that put the smack on the streets. Rather than dealing with two bit hustlers and thugs, Nick takes it all the way to the source, making a real French Connection with a group of drug kingpins in Marseilles.

We're joined by filmmaker Daniel Kremer who's writing Furie's biography.

Links:
Buy Hit! on DVD
Read about Daniel's quest to save A Cool Sound from Hell
Follow Daniel Kremer's Confluence Film Blog
Read Martin Scorsese's 11 Scariest Horror Movies

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Working the Angles: The Films of Sidney J. Furie from Daniel Kremer on Vimeo.