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The Projection Booth

Weirding Way Media

The Projection Booth features discussions of films from a wide variety of genres with in-depth critical analysis while regularly attracting special guest talent eager to discuss their past gems. The podcast has been recognized as a premier film podcast by The A.V. Club, IndieWire, Entertainment Weekly, and Filmmaker Magazine. Visit http://www.projectionboothpodcast.comThe Projection Booth is part of the Weirding Way Media podcast network. Explore more of our shows at weirdingwaymedia.com.Become a

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Episode 312: Never Too Young to Die (1986)

The Projection Booth ·

2017/02/28

"I kinda wanted it to be Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Rambo" - Director Gil BettmanAn outstanding example of '80s Action Cinema, Never Too Young to Die (1986) stars John Stamos as Lance Stargrove, the "son of Bond", who teams up with Peter Kwong and Vanity to take down the evil intersex rock-n-roll cult leader Velvet Von Ragnar Gene Simmons.The brainchild of Steven Paul (Baby Geniuses, Slapstick of Another Kind, The Double 0 Kid), the film is getting a Blu-Ray release in April, 2017.Josh Stewart

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Episode 311: The Cars that Ate Paris (1974)

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2017/02/20

Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) stars Terry Camilleri as Arthur Waldo, a meek man whose brother dies in a car accident outside of Paris, Australia -- a town whose economy relies on scavenging on the wrecks they create.Also released (in a truncated form) as The Cars That Eat People, the film is the first feature from Peter Weir and was produced by Jim and Hal McElroy.Ben Buckingham and Kevin Heffernan join Mike to discuss the film, Mad Max 2, and more.Learn more about your ad choices

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Episode 310: Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)

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2017/02/14

In Joan Micklin Silver's Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) John Heard plays Charles, a lovelorn man who pines for Laura (Mary Beth Hurt), who's taking a break from her relationship with Ox (Mark Metcalf).Produced by Metcalf, Amy Robinson, and Griffin Dunne, the film was initially released as Head Over Heels with a ridiculous advertising campaign that didn't capture the true spirit of the movie. Fortunately, the film was given another chance with a new ending and its proper title.Bill

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Special Report: Greg Travis on Dark Seduction (2015)

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2017/02/13

Filmmaker Greg Travis discusses his career from his days doing stand-up, to his acting (Watchmen, Starship Troopers, Showgirls), and the 30 years-in-the-making Dark Seduction.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

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Episode 309: Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)

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2017/02/07

Jerry Schatzberg's Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) stars Faye Dunaway as Lou Andreas Sand, a model who has been used up and discarded by the fashion industry. Her former photographer and lover, Aaron (Barry Primus) interviews Lou, allowing screenwriter Carole Eastman to take the audience back and forth in a fracture time structure, allowing us to see the pieces of the puzzle that is Lou.Bill Ackerman and Daniel Kremer join Mike to discuss this fascinating and once difficult-to-find film.Learn more

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Special Report: Future Shock - The Story of 2000 AD...

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2017/02/02

Britain's ground-breaking 2000 AD comic introduced a raft of vital artists and writers along with indelible characters like Judge Dredd, Halo Jones, Strontium Dog, and more. The documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD (2014) tells the story of the ups and downs of this influential work.Director Paul Goodwin and producer Sean Hogan discuss the creation of Future Shock!.Josh Hadley joins Mike to reminisce about comics and the film adaptations of various 2000 AD stories.Learn more about your ad

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Episode 308: Stalker / Сталкер (1979)

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2017/01/31

Andrei Tarkovsky 's Stalker (1979) is a deceptively simple film about three men who venture into the verdant and mystical "Zone" in search of a room where their innermost desires will come true. Based loosely on Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkadiy Strugatskiy, the film becomes a meditative experience about art, religion, and logic.Elric Kane and Joe Yanick join Mike to discuss this unusual "science fiction" film.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of

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Special Report: Ted Raimi

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2017/01/26

Fellow Detroiter Ted Raimi discusses how he got into acting, what it's like having Michigan recreated in New Zealand, his work in Lunatics a Love Story, and much more in this interview.Learn more about Ted at his website: http://www.tedraimi.com/Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

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Episode 307: The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)

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2017/01/24

The 1949 adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's short story, The Rocking Horse Winner (adapted and directed by Anthony Pélissier) is an intense family melodrama shot like a horror film. The film stars John Howard Davies as Paul Grahame, a young boy desperate to bring his mother happiness.Maitland McDonagh joins Mike to discuss this poignant work.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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133:45

Special Report: The Intruder (1962)

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2017/01/20

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, we're looking at the 1962 film from Roger Corman, The Intruder. The film stars William Shatner as Adam Cramer, a stranger who comes to the Southern town of Caxton, a town on the brink of school integration. Cramer is there to stop integration or, moreover, he’s there to stir up trouble.The film was written by Charles Beaumont who based the screenplay on his own novel of the same name.Elric Kane and Chris Stachiw join Mike to discuss this remarkable

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Bonus Interview: Miguel Ferrer

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2017/01/19

Sadly, Miguel Ferrer has passed away. For some reason I have been sitting on the remainder of our interview with him from the Robocop episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

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Episode 306: Fantastic Planet (1973)

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2017/01/17

Vincenzo Natali and Jeffrey Babcock join Mike to look at the 1973 film from René Laloux, Fantastic Planet . Also known as La Planète Sauvage, this animated film was based on a book by Stefan Wul called Oms en série with visuals designed by Roland Topor of the Panic Movement. The film tells the tale of a world where exist as pets and pestilence to the Draags, 39 feet high blue-skinned creatures who enjoy meditation.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of

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Episode 305: Bonus Interview: Stu Phillips

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2017/01/10

Here's more from the composer of the Beyond the Valley of the Dolls soundtrack, Stu Phillips. Find out more about Stu at http://www.stuwho.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

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Special Report: Steven Okazaki on Mifune The Last...

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2017/01/09

Director Steven Okazaki discusses his latest documentary, Mifune: The Last Samurai. The film highlights Toshiro Mifune's samurai films, especially those he made with Akira Kurosawa.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

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Episode 305: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

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2017/01/08

Russ Meyer's first of two films for 20th Century Fox is a swinging quasi-sequel to Jacqueline Susann's tawdry Valley of the Dolls. Written by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) tells the tale of a female rock group who move out to Hollywood only to find it a cess-pool of broken dreams where only the strong and pure of heart survive.Interviews include Doyle Green (Lips, Hits, Tits, Power: The Films of Russ Meyer), Dolly Read-Martin (Kelly), Marcia McBroom(Pet), Erica Gavin (Roxanne),

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Special Report: Producer Randall Emmett on Silence

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2017/01/05

Mike talked to producer Randall Emmett about his career (Narc, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Lone Survivor) and the long journey Martin Scorsese's Silence (2016) took to get to the silver screen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

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Episode 304: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

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2017/01/01

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to violence, the word and the act.A trio of busty go-go dancers (Tura Santana, Haji, Lori Williams) kill a man in the desert and kidnap his girlfriend before attempting to rob a lascivious old man and his two sons in the heated melodrama Faster, cat! Kill! Kill! (1965) from auteur Russ Meyer.Beth Accomando and Miguel Rodriguez of the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival join Mike to discuss this paean to female power and fast cars. Guest Dean DeFino is the author of the

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Episode 303: The Lone Wolf & Cub Saga

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2017/01/01

The Lone Wolf & Cub Films (also known as the Babycart Films, the Kozure Okami Films, the Shogun Assassin series and more) are six movies released from 1972-1974 starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ogami Itto, the Shogun's decapitator. After he's framed by the villainous Yagyu clan, he travels the countryside with his young son in a tricked-out baby cart as an assassin and son for hire. Adapted from the manga by author Kazuo Koike, the films are both gorgeously contemplative and gory bloodbaths.Geoff

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Special Report: The Thing (1982)

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2016/12/23

Initially lambasted by critics, John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) was a brilliant adaptation of John W. Campbell's novella Who Goes There?. The film tells the story of a dozen men in Antarctica who are infiltrated by an alien shapeshifter.Interviews include authors John Kenneth Muir (The Films of John Carpenter), Jez Conolly (Devil’s Advocates: The Thing), actors Joel Polis (Fuchs), Thomas G. Waites (Windows), and cinematographer Dean Cundey.Patrick Bromley of the F This Movie podcast and El Goro of

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Episode 302: Lemon Popsicle (1978)

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2016/12/18

Lemon Popsicle (AKA Eskimo Limon AKA Going All the Way) is a heartfelt 1978 coming-of-age sex comedy written and directed by Boaz Davidson and produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.Mike talks with writer/director Boaz Davidson, star Zachi Noy, and star of the Lemon Popsicle remake, Last American Virgin, Diane Franklin.Oren Shai and Heather Drain join Mike to discuss the original film, the American remake, and the 8(!) other films in the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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