The Projection Booth

Mike talked to Dr. Jonathan Ball, author of the definitive book on John Paizs's Canadian classic, Crime Wave (AKA The Big Crime Wave).
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Special Guest: Jonathan Ball

Mike talked to Dr. Jonathan Ball, author of the definitive book on John Paizs's Canadian classic,Crime Wave (AKA The Big Crime Wave). 

Links:

Buy Jonathan Ball's Crime Wave

Visit Jonathan Ball's website

Visit the University of Toronto Press website

Listen to our episode on Crime Wave

Perhaps the best adaptation of a Kurt Vonnegut work, Mother Night stars Nick Nolte as Howard W. Campbell, Jr. an American playwright whose Nazi broadcasts may have helped America win the war. But, at what cost?
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Special Guests: Bob Weide, Gregory D. Sumner & Mary Kenny

Perhaps the best adaptation of a Kurt Vonnegut work, Mother Night stars Nick Nolte as Howard W. Campbell, Jr. an American playwright whose Nazi broadcasts may have helped America win the war. But, at what cost? Mother Night stars Alan Arkin, Sheryl Lee, Frankie Faison, John Goodman and a great supporting cast. 

Also, we'll be talking to screenwriter Bob Weide (who's currently wrapping up a documentary on Kurt Vonnegut), Gregory D. Sumner, author of Unstuck in Time A Journey Through Kurt Vonnegut's Life and Novels, and Mary Kenny, author of Germany Calling A Personal Biography of William Joyce Lord Haw-Haw.

Our special guest co-host is the director and co-producer of Mother Night, Keith Gordon.

In Bob Rafelson's The King of Marvin Gardens, Bruce Dern as Jason, a small time conman who's working on a big deal and wants to share the score with his depressed radio monologist brother, David ( Jack Nicholson).
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Special Guest: Ellen Burstyn

Bob Rafelson's 1972 film, The King of Marvin Gardens, stars Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern as David and Jason Staebler. Jason is a small time conman who's working on a big deal and wants to bring in his somewhat depressed radio monologist brother, David, to share in the score. Along the way they get tangled up with a gangster played by Scatman Crothers and a mother/step-daughter team, played by Ellen Burstyn and Julia Anne Robinson in Atlantic City. The King of Marvin Gardens is a contemplative film about ambition, love, and America played out during the final years of Vietnam.

Links:

Buy "The King of Marvin Gardens" on DVD/Blu-Ray or as part of The Criterion Collection Box Set

Buy Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Michael Mann's Manhunter was a stylish serial killer film that has proved influential for decades. Other than being known as the first film appearance from Hannibal Lecter (a sublime Brian Cox), Manhunter helped give rise to the crime procedural.
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Special Guests: Tom Noonan, Chris Elliott, Adam Resnick, Jonathan Rayner

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Michael Mann's Manhunter was a stylish serial killer film that has proved influential for decades. Other than being known as the first film appearance from Hannibal Lecter (a sublime Brian Cox), Manhunterhelped give rise to the crime procedural ("C.S.I.", "Criminal Minds", "True Detective", etc.).

We talked to Tom Noonan about his role as Francis Dollarhyde along with Chris Elliott (and Adam Resnick) about his early appearances in mainstream films. We also discuss the cinema of Michael Mann with Professor Jonathan Rayner.

Our guest co-host is the mysterious Mister X; we discuss the entire "HannibalLec(k)tor Legacy".

Links:

Buy Manhunter on DVD

Buy Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

Buy The Cinema of Michael Mann by Jonathan Rayner

Mike spoke to writer/director Adam Resnick about his new book, Will Not Attend: Lively Stories of Detachment and Isolation, a collection of short stories from the misanthropic writer of Death to Smoochy.
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Special Guest: Adam Resnick

Mike spoke to writer/director Adam Resnick about his new book, Will Not Attend: Lively Stories of Detachment and Isolation, a collection of short stories from the misanthropic writer of Death to Smoochy.

Links:

Buy Will Not Attend

Listen to Adam Resnick on our Cabin Boy episode