Tag: film history

“I’d Had 35 Years To Hate It”

Rachel Talalay talks about how bad shots happen and, in particular, how the Freddie explosion shot from Freddie’s Dead: The New Nightmare (1991) happened. “A tweet told me this is the worst shot allowed on screen. I discuss how these things happen and what went wrong here. This […]

Projection Booth: The Postman (1997)

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden joins friends of the Gutter Mike White and Emily Intravia to discuss Kevin Costner’s post-apocalyptic celebration of the postal service, The Postman. “Sci-fi month concludes with one of the great cinematic boondoggles of the ’90s. Kevin Costner directs and stars in The Postman […]

The Projection Booth: Dark City (1998)

At The Projection Booth Podcast, friend of the Gutter Mike White, Rob Spencer and Rob St. Mary discuss Alex Proyas Dark City. “The conversation covers the film’s three screenplay stages and two finished cuts, the studio-mandated voice-over that Proyas spent a decade trying to undo, and Roger Ebert’s […]