See Hear Podcast Episode 48 - The American Astronaut

See Hear is ready to start the new year with a musical sci-fi road
film….but nothing like Hope / Crosby / Lamour films.  
Bernard, Tim and Maurice are once again joined by Mike White of The
Projection Booth to talk about Cory Mcabee’s feature film debut
from 2001, The American Astronaut. It’s all too easy to describe
this film as a mashup of styles (usually starting with “David Lynch
meets….”). The truth is Cory Mcabee has come up with something
unique while acknowledging films he obviously loves. The narrative
covers Sam Curtis – delivery man for hire who has to make a series
of trades before he can collect a reward. All the while he has a
nemesis chasing him around the universe waiting to forgive him…so
he can kill him….. and people burst into song. Sounds
straightforward? It ain’t, and yet it is. The story is very
accessible, but the devil is in the details.   The crew had a
fun time with this film and we thank Mike requesting it be covered
and joining us to discuss it.   You can download the show by
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to The Projection Booth yet….WHY NOT???? Rectify this immediately
by going through the archives at projection-booth.blogspot.com Mike
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