Episode 73: 1983 with Richard Shepard
A podcast about the great movie years.
Screenwriter and director Richard Shepard’s new film is catnip to us (and probably you too, if you’re listening to this show): Film Geek, an essay film about growing up as a movie-crazy kid in NYC in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. He joins us to talk about 1983, including Scorsese’s “King of Comedy,” Fosse’s “STAR 80,” and Forsyth’s “Local Hero.”
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Valley Girl is available on Hoopla, Tubi, PlutoTV, and MGM+, as well as for digital rental or purchase. STAR 80 is also available for digital rental or purchase.
Tender Mercies is streaming on FreeVee, and it’s available for digital rental or purchase. Local Hero is available for digital rental or purchase or on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
And The King of Comedy is streaming on Paramount+, Plex, PlutoTV, and Fubo, and is available for digital rental or purchase. You can read the Roger Ebert review we mention here, and Jason’s anniversary piece on the film for Flavorwire here.
Jason’s NYT piece on Twilight Zone: The Movie is here, and if you’d like to hear more about Born in Flames, you can listen to the “No Wave Women” episode of Fun City Cinema here.
You can follow Richard on Twitter here; if you’re in New York, you can go see Film Geek at Film Forum starting tomorrow. You can follow Jason on Blusky, Instagram, and Letterboxd - where you'll find his lists of all the movies on every episode of the show (including this one). You can follow Mike on Instagram, Blusky and Twitter/X/whatever.