Episode 159 – You Don’t Know Dick – White Line Fever (1975)

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Get higher baby! On a brand new You Don’t Know Dick we’re joined by That Shelf’s Will Perkins to discuss Jonathan Kaplan’s 1975 trucker action film WHITE LINE FEVER starring Jan Michael Vincent, Slim Pickens, Kay Lenz, L.Q. Jones, and Dick Miller as the uniquely named “Birdie” Corman. The boys discuss left-leaning action films, the TRUCKER’S CODE, whether Big Trouble in Little China’s Jack Burton would join the “Freedom Convoy” and SO MUCH MORE (including the life and career of beloved character actor Dick Miller). Check it out!

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Episode 158 – We Do Our Own Stunts – Dragon Fist (1979)

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After a lengthy, contentious working relationship, Jackie Chan’s time with Lo Wei finally comes to an end (sort of!) with 1979’s DRAGON FIST, a film that had been sitting on the shelf since well before Jackie’s SNAKE IN THE EAGLE’S SHADOW kung-fu breakthrough. The film features a very stoic Jackie attempting to get revenge for his master’s death, which all sounds awfully standard, but the plot gets a lot more twisty as it goes, including Jackie reluctantly working for a group of bad guys before going BER-ZERK in the final ten minutes. We also chat about some of Jackie’s complications with trying to get out of his contract, and his upcoming excursion to America. CHECK IT OUT!

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Episode 157 – Bartel Me Something Good – Eating Raoul (1982)

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On this episode of Bartel Me Something Good we’ve reached Paul Bartel’s Criterion Collected classic EATING RAOUL featuring Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran and Paul Bartel himself as Paul Bland. A darkly comedic social satire (/w cannibalism), it remains a gem in the Bartel filmography, and we’re delighted to be joined by EATING RAOUL’s editor Alan Toomayan to discuss his work on Bartel’s films, including LUST IN THE DUST and SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN BEVERLY HILLS. Alan also regales us with stories of his early work with New World Pictures, the guerilla filmmaking that went into Eating Raoul’s production, and his transition to becoming an editor of film trailers and featurettes. CHECK IT OUT!

You can find plenty more about Alan Toomayan and his work over at http://www.toomayan.com/ 

Thanks to Brian Saur from the Pure Cinema Podcast for his help on this episode.

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Episode 156 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – Barton Fink (1991)

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I’M A WRITER, YOU MONSTERS! On this episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? we’re getting down with The Coen Brothers’ Cannes-dominating pitch-black comedy BARTON FINK from 1991. Starring John Turturro as a Hollywood neophyte struggling with writer’s block (and everything else), it’s filled with dynamite supporting performances and feels a bit more personal than the Coen’s work up to that time, while also being filled with wild, surreal touches. All that, and Steve Buscemi is there as well. Listen to what we think, buster. And that’s an order.

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