Manner of Speaking

Episodes

1. 9

   Flipping Over

   Beca leads some friends on an acid trip that may be her last. "That's so funny. They think it's real, it's not real -- I didn't really call 911 awwww my little figments of my imagination, you're so cute."

   Apr 24, 2020

   37 min
2. 8

   Fairweather Enlightenment

   Neal grapples with the grief of losing his life savings in a bad real estate investment. "You talked about getting a guide for a bad acid trip. Well I'm trying to be my own guide, because this feels often - like a bad acid trip... where this has all gone."

   Oct 18, 2017

   38 min
3. 7

   Besides A Bullet

   Part 4 in the series on film projectionists. Personalities collide as two Scotts encounter a third in an IMAX projection booth. "Over and over again, I sat and watched this guy - eat these chicken mcnuggets... and I said I have got to stop fucking doing this to myself."

   Apr 7, 2015

   22 min
4. 6

   The Liquid Silver Tongue

   Part 3 in the series on film projectionists. Scott gets fired from his local theater and lands a gig working the drive-in circuit, Joe explains what a “brain wrap” is, and Mike gives a dose of reality to Harvey Weinstein. "He said something like 'I'm going to give you the option to keep your...

   Feb 25, 2015

   30 min
5. 5

   Pandora's Box Opened

   Part 2 in the series on film projectionists. Mike takes us inside the booth at the BAM Rose Cinema. "You know when they went into the booth they found three spots basically. Two projectors and one, what was... the projectionist."

   Jun 21, 2014

   23 min
6. 4

   Tomorrow There's More Movies

   Part 1 in the series on film projectionists. Scott takes a job as a projectionist at his local theater in the early 80s, Joe has a profound realization as a projectionist at the IFC Center. "I collected frames from everything, I cut frames out of Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tron, Road...

   Jun 15, 2013

   23 min
7. 3

   Good Mistress

   Manana starts working as a dominatrix. Insomnia, ghosts and chastity belts ensue. "I was so nervous, I did not know - I'd seen a penis like once, before that."

   Oct 19, 2010

   27 min
8. 2

   This Conversation Is Over

   Dustin gets kicked out of his apartment and moves across the street, culminating in a 4th of July rife with sexual frustration. "No one likes to talk to a drunken person when you're sober. Not to mention one that just tried to hump your leg."

   Apr 21, 2010

   31 min
9. 1

   Over The Rainbow

   Scott makes a three day pilgrimage to the Canadian border to reunite with his estranged wife. "This is the night my heart's gonna stop. This is it, I'm not going to be around much longer - what am I gonna do?"

   Aug 15, 2009

   16 min