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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (494)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1940 Porky's Last Standstarring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, directed by Bob Clampett.
The title refers to the last stand of General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour was searching for something a little different today. I think they found it with this thoughtful conversation between Conan O'Brien and John Stewart :
I believe we're all glad that they are still around.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1991 drama La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker), directed by Jacques Rivette and starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart.
The film is based on the short story The Unknown Masterpiece written by nineteenth-century french novelist Honoré de Balzac.
Emmanuelle Béart had mentioned in interviews that the character Marianne in La Belle Noiseuse remains the most physically and emotionally taxing role she has ever taken in her long career. She has be quoted as saying, "It's funny, I had always sworn to myself never to play naked in the cinema, because I find that there is an overdose on the way in which the female body is exploited. And then Jacques arrived. He told me: 'You are going to play naked.' And it was exciting to exploit that nudity. Because it's a real woman playing. And the look of Jacques, that of Michel too, because for me they are inseparable, helped me a lot. But it's true that when you find yourself naked in front of the camera, it's very difficult. I had a few seconds of real discomfort. I wasn't hurt, just paralyzed. I was very scared. I was unable to move. I no longer had a shell. And then I gradually relaxed. The team was small and I never feared the gaze of people on set. Little by little, I took real physical pleasure in giving something. My body became active. Of course, there were moments of total refusal. I felt like an object. I wanted to escape this image of woman-object. But I especially wanted to transform the image of the model. I wanted this painting to be done in pairs. Between this woman and this painter, there is a clash of two gazes. She looks at him and provokes him. And she doesn't want to let go."
Please find a very comfortable chair (the film is almost 4 hours long,) dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought provoking drama: La Belle Noiseuse. (Bunkies, ask your folks if you're allowed to watch the film - it's chock-a-block with female nudity.)
The frank and extensive nudity Emmanuelle Béart did in this film seemed to extract a heavy toll on her, so much that she admitted in an interview that, ever since the release of this film back in 1991, she had been able to draw the courage to view La Belle Noiseuse in its entirety only once, which was hinted to be at the time of its premiere back in 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1940 Porky's Last Standstarring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, directed by Bob Clampett.
The title refers to the last stand of General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour was searching for something a little different today. I think they found it with this thoughtful conversation between Conan O'Brien and John Stewart :
I believe we're all glad that they are still around.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1991 drama La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker), directed by Jacques Rivette and starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart.
The film is based on the short story The Unknown Masterpiece written by nineteenth-century french novelist Honoré de Balzac.
Emmanuelle Béart had mentioned in interviews that the character Marianne in La Belle Noiseuse remains the most physically and emotionally taxing role she has ever taken in her long career. She has be quoted as saying, "It's funny, I had always sworn to myself never to play naked in the cinema, because I find that there is an overdose on the way in which the female body is exploited. And then Jacques arrived. He told me: 'You are going to play naked.' And it was exciting to exploit that nudity. Because it's a real woman playing. And the look of Jacques, that of Michel too, because for me they are inseparable, helped me a lot. But it's true that when you find yourself naked in front of the camera, it's very difficult. I had a few seconds of real discomfort. I wasn't hurt, just paralyzed. I was very scared. I was unable to move. I no longer had a shell. And then I gradually relaxed. The team was small and I never feared the gaze of people on set. Little by little, I took real physical pleasure in giving something. My body became active. Of course, there were moments of total refusal. I felt like an object. I wanted to escape this image of woman-object. But I especially wanted to transform the image of the model. I wanted this painting to be done in pairs. Between this woman and this painter, there is a clash of two gazes. She looks at him and provokes him. And she doesn't want to let go."
Please find a very comfortable chair (the film is almost 4 hours long,) dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this thought provoking drama: La Belle Noiseuse. (Bunkies, ask your folks if you're allowed to watch the film - it's chock-a-block with female nudity.)
The frank and extensive nudity Emmanuelle Béart did in this film seemed to extract a heavy toll on her, so much that she admitted in an interview that, ever since the release of this film back in 1991, she had been able to draw the courage to view La Belle Noiseuse in its entirety only once, which was hinted to be at the time of its premiere back in 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (493)
Thank you for joining us today
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 The Film Fanstarring Porky Pig directed by Bob Clampett.
In the scene where a duckling shoots a big wad of gum at "Sterling," a duck resembling Daffy Duck can be seen in the audience. It is likely not him, however, as this duck has a white stomach, something Daffy noticeably lacks.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love Patton Oswald. He is one of the funniest comics working today. So imagine our joy when we found a brand new special of his on YouTube. So pull up a chair and join us in watching; Tea & Scotch: -
Reading some of the viewer comments and we came upon a brilliant concept - make Patton next year's Oscar host.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1990 drama Reversal of Fortune, directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Christine Baranski, Fisher Stevens, and Uta Hagen (in her final screen appearance). Kathleen Turner turned down the role of Sunny von Bülow.
(A point of information: Martha "Sunny" von Bülow died on December 6, 2008, at the age of 76. She spent the last 28 years of her life in a coma. Eleven years later, Claus von Bülow passed away in March 2019.)
Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Christine Baranski previously appeared in the Broadway production of The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols in 1984. All three won Tony Awards for their performances: Irons and Close for leading roles, and Baranski for a supporting role. In the play, Irons and Close portrayed lovers. They later played brother and sister in the film The House of the Spirits.
Jeremy Irons has said that the most challenging part of playing Claus von Bülow was perfecting his voice. He admitted in an interview that the production was already halfway through filming when he finally found the right voice. As a result, the first half of the film had to be dubbed in post-production for consistency. In some scenes (particularly his exchanges with Ron Silver), this dubbing is very noticeable.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this disturbing drama: Reversal of Fortune.
Harvard law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz also served on the defense team in what may have been the most highly publicized murder case of the 20th century: the 1995 trial of movie star and former professional football player O.J. Simpson, who was accused of the June 12, 1994, murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. Dershowitz was one of more than half a dozen prominent defense attorneys assembled by Johnnie Cochran for Simpson’s defense. The others included F. Lee Bailey and Robert Kardashian. Simpson was acquitted on October 3, 1995, after an 11-month trial.
A brief aside: Dershowitz appears prominently in the Epstein files, having served as an attorney for Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee has requested that Dershowitz testify as part of its investigation into the federal government's handling of the Epstein files. The interview is tentatively scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on July 9.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 The Film Fanstarring Porky Pig directed by Bob Clampett.
In the scene where a duckling shoots a big wad of gum at "Sterling," a duck resembling Daffy Duck can be seen in the audience. It is likely not him, however, as this duck has a white stomach, something Daffy noticeably lacks.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love Patton Oswald. He is one of the funniest comics working today. So imagine our joy when we found a brand new special of his on YouTube. So pull up a chair and join us in watching; Tea & Scotch: -
Reading some of the viewer comments and we came upon a brilliant concept - make Patton next year's Oscar host.
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1990 drama Reversal of Fortune, directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Christine Baranski, Fisher Stevens, and Uta Hagen (in her final screen appearance). Kathleen Turner turned down the role of Sunny von Bülow.
(A point of information: Martha "Sunny" von Bülow died on December 6, 2008, at the age of 76. She spent the last 28 years of her life in a coma. Eleven years later, Claus von Bülow passed away in March 2019.)
Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Christine Baranski previously appeared in the Broadway production of The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols in 1984. All three won Tony Awards for their performances: Irons and Close for leading roles, and Baranski for a supporting role. In the play, Irons and Close portrayed lovers. They later played brother and sister in the film The House of the Spirits.
Jeremy Irons has said that the most challenging part of playing Claus von Bülow was perfecting his voice. He admitted in an interview that the production was already halfway through filming when he finally found the right voice. As a result, the first half of the film had to be dubbed in post-production for consistency. In some scenes (particularly his exchanges with Ron Silver), this dubbing is very noticeable.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this disturbing drama: Reversal of Fortune.
Harvard law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz also served on the defense team in what may have been the most highly publicized murder case of the 20th century: the 1995 trial of movie star and former professional football player O.J. Simpson, who was accused of the June 12, 1994, murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. Dershowitz was one of more than half a dozen prominent defense attorneys assembled by Johnnie Cochran for Simpson’s defense. The others included F. Lee Bailey and Robert Kardashian. Simpson was acquitted on October 3, 1995, after an 11-month trial.
A brief aside: Dershowitz appears prominently in the Epstein files, having served as an attorney for Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee has requested that Dershowitz testify as part of its investigation into the federal government's handling of the Epstein files. The interview is tentatively scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on July 9.
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ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour (492)
Thank you for joining us today 
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Porky the Giant Killerstarring Porky Pig directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.
When the baby giant slams Porky into the drum, the word PIG can be seen spelled in the blocks just before he hits it.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love to trawl the intraweb. We want you to watch the following video, without us telling you anything about it. We found the video on the wonderful website - Nag on the Lake -
This could be the strangest music video we've ever seen but we like it!
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1990 comedy-drama Archangel, directed by Guy Maddin and starring Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, David Falkenburg, Michael O'Sullivan, Margaret Anne MacLeod, Ari Cohen, Sarah Neville, Kathy Marykuca, Victor Cowie, Robert Lougheed, and Stephen Snyd
The film is like no other (except, of course, for any other Guy Maddin film). Archangel is a weird, wild, and extraordinary movie that is both a melodrama and a deadpan parody of silent-film style. With striking black-and-white cinematography and stylized set design, Maddin’s second feature (following his startling debut Tales from the Gimli Hospital) is a tale of obsessive love.
The plot is almost too crazy to describe. In 1919, one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles arrives in the northern Russian town of Archangel, where Bolsheviks, White Russians, and German Huns converge during World War I. When Boles encounters a local woman named Veronkha, he faints and becomes convinced that she is his dead wife, Iris. But Veronkha is already married to Philbin, who also suffers from amnesia and relives their wedding night over and over without remembering anything that follows. What ensues is a twisted love triangle fueled by infatuation, as each person forgets who it is they truly love.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this very odd yet amusing film: Archangel.
In the original script, Boles' false leg was lost before he arrived at the cottage in Archangel and was to be replaced by a harpoon. The harpoon would then be thrown at the life-size statue of the Holy Virgin outside the cottage, piercing its eye. None of this made it into the final film, although the large "One-Eyed Virgin" statue does appear.
Demand Euphoria!
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes short, the 1939 Porky the Giant Killerstarring Porky Pig directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.
When the baby giant slams Porky into the drum, the word PIG can be seen spelled in the blocks just before he hits it.
The staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour love to trawl the intraweb. We want you to watch the following video, without us telling you anything about it. We found the video on the wonderful website - Nag on the Lake -
This could be the strangest music video we've ever seen but we like it!
We’ve selected another entry from the excellent reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Today’s film is the 1990 comedy-drama Archangel, directed by Guy Maddin and starring Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, David Falkenburg, Michael O'Sullivan, Margaret Anne MacLeod, Ari Cohen, Sarah Neville, Kathy Marykuca, Victor Cowie, Robert Lougheed, and Stephen Snyd
The film is like no other (except, of course, for any other Guy Maddin film). Archangel is a weird, wild, and extraordinary movie that is both a melodrama and a deadpan parody of silent-film style. With striking black-and-white cinematography and stylized set design, Maddin’s second feature (following his startling debut Tales from the Gimli Hospital) is a tale of obsessive love.
The plot is almost too crazy to describe. In 1919, one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles arrives in the northern Russian town of Archangel, where Bolsheviks, White Russians, and German Huns converge during World War I. When Boles encounters a local woman named Veronkha, he faints and becomes convinced that she is his dead wife, Iris. But Veronkha is already married to Philbin, who also suffers from amnesia and relives their wedding night over and over without remembering anything that follows. What ensues is a twisted love triangle fueled by infatuation, as each person forgets who it is they truly love.
Please find a comfortable chair, dim the lights, and join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour as we watch this very odd yet amusing film: Archangel.
In the original script, Boles' false leg was lost before he arrived at the cottage in Archangel and was to be replaced by a harpoon. The harpoon would then be thrown at the life-size statue of the Holy Virgin outside the cottage, piercing its eye. None of this made it into the final film, although the large "One-Eyed Virgin" statue does appear.
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