15 Responses to “podcast alert: The Projection Booth on THE WOMAN CHASER”

1. 

   Maxiao

   November 26th, 2011 at 10:58 pm

   Powers Boothe on the Women Chaser? Awesome.
   Oh.

2. 

   Tawdry Hepburn

   November 26th, 2011 at 11:31 pm

   Yeah, that was a good episode on Robocop. Came across it randomly a while back. Really in depth stuff. It was especially interesting for me to hear what Miner says about the film publicly versus in one of his classes, versus in private. There aren’t major differences, but the small things are very insightful.

   Good stuff, Vern.

3. 

   Andy C.

   November 27th, 2011 at 1:56 am

   Thanks for the heads up. Always looking for good podcasts. I’ve been meaning to pick up Mike Whites Impossibly Funky book for a while now.

4. 

   Mr. Majestyk

   November 27th, 2011 at 11:46 am

   Is that what THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY was about? I really need to reread that book. I think Willeford might be like that for me. It took me two tries to get THE WAY WE DIE NOW, but I really liked it the second time around. Still have no idea what the title has to do with anything, though.

5. 

   Mouth

   November 27th, 2011 at 12:58 pm

   Was Willeford not attempting a cross-generational literary response to Anthony Trollope’s THE WAY WE LIVE NOW?

6. 

   Vern

   November 27th, 2011 at 2:13 pm

   Yeah, I love The Burnt Orange Heresy because he’s telling you how great he is but he’s clearly a pretentious dickhead, and then as he crosses the line from douchery into fraud and murder he’s convinced that he’s not only justified but also creating important art. Alot of the other Willeford books you have some sympathy for somebody who’s clearly doing wrong (though you’re gonna lose sympathy for Richard Hudson in The Woman Chaser when he does what Ice Cube decided *not* to do in “You Can’t Fade Me.”) This one is extra funny because it’s an equally demented view of the world but from an arrogant upper class guy. Just like Cockfighter made me wonder if Willeford had been involved in cockfighting this one made me wonder what kind of run-ins he’d had with asshole fine art critics.

7. 

   Teddy Jack Eddie

   November 27th, 2011 at 3:27 pm

   Miami Blues bugged me because, to me, the movie is more about Hoke Moseley…and I love that character (read all the books!), but in the movie he seemed to get short-changed. But, still…it’s Willeford on film, no denying that!

8. 

   Teddy Jack Eddie

   November 27th, 2011 at 3:27 pm

   Oopps, I meant THE BOOK was more about Mosely!!! (to me, anyway…)

9. 

   RRA

   November 27th, 2011 at 5:07 pm

   Mouth – as our residential super soldier, how pumped up are you for our next war in Iran?

10. 

    Mouth

    November 27th, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    I’m no resident, just a visitor on Vern’s turf.

    And we can’t do anything in Persia. Didn’t you hear businessman & foreign affairs expert Herman Cain in the debate? Too many mountains.

11. 

    BR Baraka

    November 28th, 2011 at 12:46 am

    Vern, review and see this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanarjuat

    It’s ancient Inuit murdering each other in a world of ice because of women trouble, jealousy, all the simple base motivations. It starts slow, but then halfway through, it feels like Paul Greengrass could have made this move. I’m not talking about shaking cameras, I’m talking about constant immediate suspense driving ever forward. It’s really that good, I’d compare it to “Mad Max The Road Warrior” in terms of a movie with an anarchic spirit and brutal conflict in an alien world. Solid bad ass movie tip here.

    Plus, there is a traditional head-punching duel. How can anyone not like a movie that has a traditional head-punching duel?

    And Mouth: the way the next major military conflict is shaping up, you’ll be stationed in Homs or Damascus long before you are stationed in Tehran or Qom. As for Aleppo, the mountains: that will be the Turks’ assignment anyways.

12. 

    Fred Topel

    November 28th, 2011 at 1:17 am

    There’s also a podcast called CageCast I think you’d all like. They’re only up to Peggy Sue Got Married so there’s still time to catch up.

13. 

    Mike White

    November 29th, 2011 at 7:08 pm

    Thanks a bunch for the props.

    FYI, I’m working on a Willeford series though Hellman still doesn’t appreciate his work on it (you can hear more on the Flight to Fury episode). I reached out to La Bute’s people and they say he’s not actually doing Burnt Orange Heresy. Not sure if that’s “anymore” or “was never involved.”

    Coming in May (I hope), Scott Phillips co-hosts with me about Miami Blues.

14. 

    Outlaw Vern

    November 30th, 2011 at 1:59 am

    I guess if I had IMDb Pro I could find out who they list for Burnt Orange Heresy now. It doesn’t come up on Neil LaBute’s filmography, so maybe they got it right.

    So you’re gonna do Cockfighter then? I hope so. Good to hear you’re doing Miami Blues. And I guess that would have to be it for the Willeford series, huh? It’s weird that more of his books haven’t been adapted, but then again it’s nice that there aren’t any shitty ones.

    thanks Mike

15. 

    Mike White

    December 1st, 2011 at 9:03 pm

    I doubt I’ll do Cockfighter since Hellman is so down about it and Oates isn’t speaking to me (hardy har).