Episode 179: Bob Clark (feat. Bill Ackerman)

Returning guest Bill Ackerman of Supporting Characters joins me to discuss the fascinating career of Bob Clark, best known for his work on two very different Christmas classics. However, we went a different route focusing mainly on his Vietnam horror gem, Deathdream as well as the film that kick-started an entire genre of sex comedies. No, not Loose Cannons, it’s the original Porky’s. In addition for the what we watched segment, Bill reviews one of several of new films this year from Abel Ferrera with Tommaso. Jim catches up with the latest from Christopher Nolan (not sure if you’ve heard about it) as well I’m Thinking Of Ending Things from Charlie Kaufman now available on Netflix. Have no fear, later in the show we of course discuss Bob Clark’s beloved A Christmas Story, Black Christmas in addition to the hard-to-find Tribute w/Jack Lemmon. 00:00 - 15:10 - Introduction 15:11 - 16:27 - What We Watched Song 16:28 - 1:06:23 - What We Watched This Week 1:06:24 - 1:07:26 - Director Song 1:07:27 - 2:09:49 - Deathdream + Porky’s 2:09:50 - 2:48:27- Other Clark Films 2:48:28 - 2:52:25 - Top 3 Clark Films / Outro For two longer dissections of Clark’s Christmas films, check out this excellent podcast here: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmoviesactually/episode1 http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmoviesactually/episode14 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit directorsclub.substack.com/subscribe