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The Projection Booth

Summary: The Projection Booth is a film discussion/dissection podcast from Detroit. Our goals include bringing lesser-known films to light and placing them in context of their time and place in film study.

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Podcasts:

 TPB: Cube | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:37

Cube, a low-budget character study from Canada, kick-started Vincenzo Natali's career in creating intelligent science fiction films.

 TPB: Series 7: The Contenders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:56

A modern day gladiatorial exhibition where contestants fight to stay alive... all for our television entertainment in Series 7: The Contenders.

 TPB: Chicken Park | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:53

Chicken Park is a "parody" of Jurassic Park but with chickens. Funny, no? No. This cinematic monstrosity comes to American shores courtesy of Jerry Cala.

 TPB: Manos: The Hands of Fate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:27

The Master will be pleased. Manos: The Hands of Fate is a classic tale of lust, love, and betrayal. Hear Ben Solovey talk about how he's restoring the film to its glory.

 TPB: Score | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:07:24

Break out the pepper mill and poppers, it's time to talk about Radley Metzger's groundbreaking erotica, Score. Bring someone you want to excite.

 TPB: The Apple | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:28:29

Life is nothing but showbusiness in 1994... in The Apple, a 1980 Israeli musical retelling of Genesis, Revelation and Faust.

 TPB: Punishment Park | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:03

In this special #Occupy edition of the Projection Booth, we look at Peter Watkins's seminal faux documentary film Punishment Park and discuss what it means forty years later.

 TPB: Static | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:09:31

A quirky little film from Mark Romanek and Keith Gordon, Static tells the tale of Ernie Blick, an inventor whose latest creation will revolutionize the world.

 TPB: Static Bonus Interview: Keith Gordon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:07

More of the interview with writer/director/producer/actor/nice guy Keith Gordon from the Static episode.

 TPB: Auschwitz | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:06:46

Love him or hate him, Uwe Boll makes some of the most challenging films around. Auschwitz puts Boll into new territory with this harrowing mix of documentary and drama about the Holocaust.

 TPB: The American Astronaut | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:04:45

Follow the adventures of Samuel Curtis (writer/director Cory McAbee) as he travels through the solar system on a quest to recover the body of Johnny R. It's just another sci-fi musical comedy western.

 TPB: Not Bad for a Human | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57:46

This special episode features an interview with Joseph Maddrey, author of Nighmares in Red, White & Blue, The Making of T.S. Eliot, and co-author of Not Bad for a Human, all about Lance Henriksen.

 TPB: Electra Glide in Blue | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:28:20

A motorcycle cop (Robert Blake) with a code of honor can't make it in the turbulent early '70s. That's the story of Electra Glide in Blue but The Projection Booth has the real story.

 TPB: Straight Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:24

Dustin Hoffman stars in the adaptation of Edward Bunker's No Beast So Fierce, Ulu Grossbard's Straight Time. Along for the ride is the author of The Suicide Game, Andy Rausch.

 TPB: Bloodsucking Freaks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:36

Are you ready to accept our domination? WDET reporter Rob St. Mary joins Mike in the Theater of the Macabre as we dissect Bloodsucking Freaks, a classic of exploitation from director Joel M. Reed.

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