Special Report: When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor

Special Report: When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor

Released in 1978 and directed by John Landis, National Lampoon's Animal House follows the anarchic members of Delta House fraternity at Faber College as they wage war against pompous Dean Wormer (John Vernon) and the rival Omega House. Written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, and Chris Miller, and starring John Belushi as the legendary John "Bluto" Blutarsky, the film became one of the highest-grossing comedies of its era and helped launch the modern R-rated comedy.

Jeff Nelligan's satirical new book When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor: Animal House in Western Intellectual Thought subjects the film to mock-scholarly analysis, taking its title from Bluto's historically garbled motivational speech. Casting Animal House as a Homeric odyssey and a meditation on society's moral impulse, Nelligan lampoons academic pretension while celebrating a comedy that has embedded itself permanently in American culture. Nelligan is a Washington, D.C. public affairs executive, Army veteran, and author of several previous books on parenting and political life. Mike talks with him about the film's enduring legacy and the making of the book.

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Special Report: Steven Shainberg on Rupture

Special Report: Steven Shainberg on Rupture

On this special episode, Mike talks with director Steven Shainberg about his career from The Big Hit (1996) to Secretary (2002), to Fur (2006) to his latest, Rupture (2016) starring Noomi Rapace, Mich...

30 Touko 20171h 14min

Special Report: Cinetopia 2017

Special Report: Cinetopia 2017

Mike talks with Brian Hunter about the line-up for Cinetopia 2017, the annual film festival which takes place in Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit. For more information visit http://www.cinetopiafestival.or...

29 Touko 201745min

Special Report: Nineteen Eighty Four (1984)

Special Report: Nineteen Eighty Four (1984)

On this special episode of The Projection Booth we discuss Michael Radford's 1984 version of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four starring John Hurt as Winston Smith, Suzanna Hamilton as Julia, and Ri...

28 Touko 20173h 18min

Episode 324: The Lost One (1951)

Episode 324: The Lost One (1951)

In The Lost One (AKA Der Verlorene) (1951) we find Peter Lorre as Dr. Karl Rothe (AKA Dr. Karl Neumeister), working at a displaced persons camp after World War II. When a figure from his past, Hösch (...

24 Touko 20172h 26min

Special Report: Karen Lunder on Gifted (2017)

Special Report: Karen Lunder on Gifted (2017)

Mike talks to producer Karen Lunder about some of her work from the early days of working on Todd Solondz's Happiness, John Tucker Must Die and Mr. Woodcock to her recent string of successes including...

18 Touko 201746min

Episode 323: The Ninth Configuration (1980)

Episode 323: The Ninth Configuration (1980)

Written and directed by William Peter Blatty, The Ninth Configuration (1980) has been known at points and was based on his novel Twinkle Twinkle Killer Kane. The film stars Stacy Keach as Col. Hudson ...

17 Touko 20172h 49min

Special Report: Who is Arthur Chu? (2017)

Special Report: Who is Arthur Chu? (2017)

Rod Lott joins Mike to discuss the 2017 documentary Who Is Arthur Chu?? The film is ostensibly about "Jeopardy" champion Arthur Chu but goes into larger discussions of race, gender, nerd culture, and ...

14 Touko 20171h 34min

Episode 322: Mommie Dearest (1981)

Episode 322: Mommie Dearest (1981)

Based on the scandalous memoir by Christina Crawford, Frank Perry's Mommie Dearest (1981) gave the world a powerhouse performance by Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford.On this episode of The Projection Boo...

10 Touko 20173h 11min

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