For our eighty-first episode, we’re amazingly joined by the great Brian Saur (“Just the Discs” and “Pure Cinema Podcast”) for a discussion of the audio commentary for Richard C. Sarafian’s car-go-fast 1971 classic “Vanishing Point”. We discuss the enigma that is Kowalski, the late Gene Hackman almost driving the iconic white Dodge Challenger, the trauma inflicted by the existence of Noovie, inspired triple features, the hero car stolen by a sex worker named Misty, alternate offensive names for the Super Soul character, whether or not Sarafian is accidentally the American Michelangelo Antonioni, and so much more. 

Ryan’s Recommendations: “The Freshman” (1925), “The Kid Brother” (1927), and “Speedy” (1928) 

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Theme Music by: Bildschirm (bildschirm.bandcamp.com). Artwork by: Lacie Barker.