Shanks (1974)

Our William Castle series concludes with the late director's last and arguably most bizarre movie, Shanks (1974) -- a strange, unpredictable story in which legendary French mime artist Marcel Marceau plays a deaf-mute, bullied puppeteer whose life is turned upside down when he befriends an excentric scientist, also played by Marceau. This is a hard film to pin down, and not necessarily in a good way -- it's often confusing, frequently disturbing, and moves rather clunkily between horror, surreal comedy and grim fairytale. Jason Woliner (Eagleheart, Paul T. Goldman, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) joins the pod to discuss puppetry, tone deafness and inappropriate relations -- and reveals an unexpected connection between Shanks and Weekend at Bernie's (1989). Website: https://martindegrell.com/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/salong3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salong3pod/ Email: [email protected]