Hey Butter-besties! Continuing our Production Nightmares series, Sam brings us 1982's Poltergeist! Tune in as we discuss this supposedly cursed production, whether or not we believe in the curse, and how people unpack tragedy in connection to great art! Is it a Hooper film or a Spielberg film, and does that ultimately matter? All this and an email from a former guest!
Read MoreHey there, Butter-buffs! This week Chrystine brings us a real gem for our Production Nightmares theme, 1999's American Movie! Listen in as we unpack this compelling documentary about outsider ambition, familial cooperation, and the story of a community taking on an aspiring filmmaker's vision! Plus, what small-budget indie film story would WE pursue? Tune in to find out!
Read MoreHey Butter-brethren! As we continue discussing Production Nightmares, Connor brings us 1975's thalassophobic masterpiece Jaws! Tune in as we cover the calamitous production of the film from drunken, tax-dodging cast members, to the hurdles of shooting at sea, to Bruce, the ever-malfunctioning mechanical shark, and find out how these frustrating elements produced one of the finest films of the 1970s!
Read MoreHey there Butter-boosters! This week we shift gears into our new theme, Production Nightmares! Tune in this week as the team tries to untangle the sordid mess behind 2001's Don's Plum! From industry naivete, to sabotage, to the insane history of the Pu...(clears throat) the Posse, we work our way down to the bare bones of this doomed production!
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