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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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 TPB: Night Dreams | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:35

An avant-garde adult film, Night Dreams shows the erotic fantasies of Mrs. Van Houten (Dorothy La May) in nightmarish detail. Directed by F.X. Pope (Francis Delia), the film was written by Jerry Stahl and Stephen Sayadian.

 TPB: Mean Guns | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:21

Take a bunch of hardened criminals, set them at one another at the behest of Ice-T, and add a mambo beat... that's the genius of Albert Pyun's Mean Guns.

 TPB: Putney Swope | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:11:45

We're gonna sink the boat on this episode of The Projection Booth with special guest Robert Downey as we talk about Putney Swope and much more.

 TPB: The Hitcher | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:21:11

There's a killer on the road... John Ryder (Rutger Hauer). He's The Hitcher and he's terrorizing Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) in Robert Harmon's classic road terror flick.

 TPB: The Visitor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00

The battle between good an evil gets worked out via an all-star cast in The Visitor, a crazy Italian/American hybrid. Cue the music....

 TPB: Frankenhooker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:27

Be sure to bring a date to this special episode of The Projection Booth celebrating Frankenhooker and our one year anniversary. WSG Frank Henenlotter and new co-host, Rob St. Mary!

 TPB: Battle Royale | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:51

Are you ready to rumble? Join us on the island this week for legendary filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku's 60th and final film, Battle Royale.

 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.

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