Episode 774: Cop (1988)

Episode 774: Cop (1988)

Noirvember closes with James B. Harris’s Cop (1988)—the first time James Ellroy’s feverish fiction hit the big screen. Mike teams with Andrew Nette and Rod Lott for a deep read of Harris’s adaptation, where James Woods’s unhinged Detective Lloyd Hopkins hunts a killer across eighteen years of buried violence.

The trio digs into Ellroy’s original novel Blood on the Moon and the wilder, abandoned incarnation that came before it—L.A. Death Trip, the unsold, manuscript that first birthed Hopkins. Using material from Ellroy’s own accounts and critical studies (including the brute-force early drafts, the rewrites demanded by Otto Penzler and Nat Sobel, and the shift to publishable structure), the conversation maps how a doomed finale turned into a tight serial-killer pursuit.

The episode also features a new interview with James B. Harris, who breaks down the challenges of translating Ellroy’s structure, keeping Hopkins’s mania intact, and staying faithful to the narrative rhythms of the novel. What emerges is a portrait of a filmmaker wrestling with source material born in chaos—reforged into the dark, abrasive thriller that helped spark decades of Ellroy adaptations.


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Episode 627: The Last Supper (1995)

Episode 627: The Last Supper (1995)

We continue talking about comedic films this month with a look at Stacy Title’s The Last Supper. Released in 1995, the film is a dark comedy where a handful of liberals decide to try and make the worl...

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Special Report: Natalie Perrotta on God is a Bullet

Special Report: Natalie Perrotta on God is a Bullet

On this special episode, Mike talks with producer Natalie Perrotta about her career including one of her latest films, God is a Bullet which opens June 23, 2023.Become a supporter of this podcast: htt...

30 Touko 202330min

Special Report: Fantasia 2022

Special Report: Fantasia 2022

Yes, you read that right, this is the long-delayed episode with coverage of Fantasia 2022.This episode features three interviews. On the first you'll hear from director Mali Elfman and actress Katie P...

29 Touko 20231h 3min

Episode 626: After Hours (1985)

Episode 626: After Hours (1985)

We’re kicking off a month of discussing comedy films with a look at Martin Scorsese’s After Hours. Released in 1985 the film was written by Joseph Minion and stars Griffin Dunne as Paul Hackett, a yup...

24 Touko 20231h 39min

Episode 625: Murder by Decree (1979)

Episode 625: Murder by Decree (1979)

We conclude our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. We wrap up with 1979’s Murder by Decree. Directed by Bob Clark,...

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Episode 624: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

Episode 624: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

We continue our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. On this episode we’re discussing The Seven-Per-Cent Solution fr...

8 Touko 20231h 55min

Special Report: Interview with Sheldon Lettich, Brian Thompson, & Corey Danna

Special Report: Interview with Sheldon Lettich, Brian Thompson, & Corey Danna

On this special episode, Mike talks with filmmaker Sheldon Lettich, actor Brian Thompson, and author Corey Danna (who wrote Sheldon Lettich: From Vietnam to Van Damme). We discuss Mr. Danna's book as ...

5 Touko 202355min

Special Report: Kate Nash & Toby Sebastian on Coffee Wars (2023)

Special Report: Kate Nash & Toby Sebastian on Coffee Wars (2023)

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with actors Kate Nash and Toby Sebastian about the 2023 film, Coffee Wars. It's the story if an idealistic young woman, Jo (Kate Nash) who i...

3 Touko 202331min

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