Returning guest Bill
Ackerman of Supporting
Characters joins me to discuss the fascinating career of
Bob Clark,
best known for his work on two very different Christmas classics.
However, we went a different route focusing mainly on his Vietnam
horror gem, Deathdream as
well as the film that kick-started an entire genre of sex comedies.
No, not Loose Cannons, it’s the original
Porky’s.
In addition for the what
we watched segment, Bill reviews one of several of new films this
year from Abel Ferrera with Tommaso. Jim catches up with
the latest from Christopher Nolan (not sure if you’ve heard about
it) as well I’m Thinking Of Ending Things from Charlie
Kaufman now available on Netflix. Have no fear, later in the show
we of course discuss Bob Clark’s beloved A Christmas Story,
Black Christmas in addition to the hard-to-find
Tribute w/Jack Lemmon.
00:00 - 15:10 -
Introduction
15:11 - 16:27 - What We Watched Song
16:28 - 1:06:23 - What We Watched This Week
1:06:24 - 1:07:26 - Director Song
1:07:27 - 2:09:49 - Deathdream + Porky’s
2:09:50 - 2:48:27- Other Clark Films
2:48:28 - 2:52:25 - Top 3 Clark Films / Outro
For two longer
dissections of Clark’s Christmas films, check out this excellent
podcast here:
http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmoviesactually/episode1
http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmoviesactually/episode14
