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Favorite films

  • I Know Where I'm Going!
  • The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The American Friend

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  • Seven Chances

  • Stalked by My Doctor

  • Science Crazed

  • Hotel Torgo

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The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean

1966

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Hey, I'm on the latest episode of The Projection Booth, with host Mike White and Richard (HBO Max's "Titans") Hatem, to discuss Juleen Compton's fascinating "The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean." Also: An interview with Compton herself. Available just about everywhere you get podcasts to put in your earholes:

iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast/id421863760
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7KlplJQamlW3XVl3zCeDyk
Audible: www.audible.com/pd/The-Projection-Booth-Podcast-Podcast/B08K56ZF19
Google Podcasts: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucHJvamVjdGlvbmJvb3RocG9kY2FzdC5jb20vZmVlZHMvcG9zdHMvZGVmYXVsdA
Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/show/the-projection-booth
Website: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2023/01/episode-609-plastic-dome-of-norma-jean.html

And other places!

A Free Ride

1915

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Grandpa?!?!

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Seven Chances

1925

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For a century-old film, this looks shockingly good on Kino's Blu-ray. The color sequence is much grainier than the rest, but it's also quite lovely. Heads-up there are blackface characters because 1925 is gonna 1925.

(FYI, "Sherlock Jr." -- my favorite Keaton film -- is also on the disc.)

Stalked by My Doctor

2015

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BREAKING: Dr. Albert Beck to be named Surgeon General.

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The Singing Forest

2003

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What if I told you there's a movie in which the protagonist--Christopher, a writer with a drinking problem--goes to visit his daughter, who is about to be married, and he realizes that his daughter's fiancé, Ben, was the great love of his life in a previous incarnation during the Holocaust, when they were both killed (one was a Nazi!), and the film actually wants the audience to root for Christopher and Ben to get together? And now, what if I…

After Last Season

2009

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A certain popular bad-movie YouTube show today devoted an episode to this film. I'll be honest, I found it mean-spirited. (Look, I know the movie is "bad"--but I find it a fascinating curio in many ways, and the way the hosts mocked the looks of one of the actors went over the line for me.)

However, since people are talking about the film and maybe watching it for the first time (not sure if it's currently on YouTube--it kind of…