We had a cross-over episode with Pop Screen for our 2022 review episode, and now we are back with another unofficial cross-over episode with our sister podcast for the first of two John Landis episodes. In case you don’t know, Pop Screen features musicians in movies and we have an embarrassment of riches on that front this week.
Rob is joined by Graham (Pop Screen) & Gav (My Favourite Film Podcast), the first film we talk about is The Blues Brothers (1980) with the likes of Aretha Franklyn and James Brown in its cast and one of the most impressively chaotic car chases in cinema history. And we follow that up with a lesser-known outlier from Landis Sr’s illustrious career, Into the Night (1985) starring David Bowie and the frankly illegally attractive leading pair of Michelle Pfieffer and Jeff Goldblum. Along the way we also discuss the landmark Michael Jackson music video, Thriller, the throughline of Landis’s career – see you next Wednesday, and much, much more.
If you liked this episode, please check out our sibling show Pop Screen. You can support both shows on PATREON. Where you will get articles on Dr Who, the X-Files, and Unseen Asia – beyond that there are archival podcasts and brand new podcasts in the shape of Pop Screen’s Bonus Episode as well as Last Night and a soon-to-be-launched series of mini-series watching along with Horror franchises that you don’t get the attention they deserve. Until next time, when we talk about An American Werewolf in London & Trading Places, this has been Directors Uncut! See you next time.
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S02E17: John Landis (The Blues Brothers & Into the Night)
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