How much drunken making out is there post-podcasts? If you must, please substitute 'Sonic' and 'Tails' for Clint and Jared as to preserve the names of the innocent. And make one of them pregnant.

September 10, 2014

I like to leave the Alcohollywood erotic slash fanfiction to the experts. (To wit, if anyone makes/finds that material out there in the ether, please let me know. That's how we'll know we've made it.)

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When are you guys moving on to Marajuanahood? Or is that this season's surprise twist ending?

September 10, 2014

We'll probably just skip the light stuff and add MDMA to our repertoire to start Alcomollywood.

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What film has really surprised you - whether you thought it was going to be good, and it was heinous, or you had no idea to expect and it really blew you away, or you had your whole soul undermined, or whatever else?

September 10, 2014

Man, that's a tough one; that's one of the best feelings a film can give you, isn't it? On the show, one of my favorite instances of that was Fish Story - we went in expecting an aggressively weird and obnoxious Japanese comedy, and got a surprisingly affecting and sweet puzzle-box movie about creativity and connectivity. That also happened with The Dinosaur Project and Being There, to cite two other recent examples.

Who are you?

September 10, 2014

I am not a number; I am a free man.

what;s a movie

September 10, 2014

I think it's something that happens when I'm drunk now.

Have either of you ever made a film? What sort of film would you like to make?

September 10, 2014

Both Jared and I have made short films in college, and Jared himself made a full-length anthology comedy a few years back. All really guerilla stuff, but we do have an appreciation for the actual process by which films are made. If a magic genie were to grant me the chance to direct a legitimate film that people would see, I'd have a hard decision to make between a schlocky, DTV-throwback action film or some sort of lo-fi speculative drama. I'm boring that way.

Where do you see alcohollywood in the next year? Two years? Five years?

September 10, 2014

Good question! I'd definitely like to see our listenership increase, for starters - just having more ears on us would be great. One of our biggest dreams is to get a coffee table book published, with really nice pictures of the drinks, recipes, writeups, etc., by a real publishing house. I'd also love to get more film critics/podcasters (and even some filmmakers) on the mic at Alcohollywood Studios, and start doing some live shows and screenings; we'd love to become A Thing in the Chicago film critic community, at the very least. Basically, I think the most realistic/optimistic hopes for the podcast in two/five years are to get it to Flop House levels of popularity, and to have it at least pay for itself, if not actually monetize it successfully.

how about reviewing a Star Trek film? would love to guest on such a review, especially if it's "The Motion Picture". (it's JB from WHO 37 podcast).

September 10, 2014

I'd love to do a Star Trek film - I think we'd have to do Star Trek IV: The One with the Whales (though we do already have a game mocked up for JJTrek - Finish Your Drink Line: "FIRE EVERYTHING!"). We'd love to have you on for one of those, or if we ever did the Peter Cushing Who movies. Jared's also a huge Who fan.

What's your favorite instance John Malkovich chewing up scenery?

September 10, 2014

For all of his masterful work in classier films, I LOVE Cyrus the Virus in Con Air. In honor of that, I'm gonna pick something off the beaten path for this - in the climax of that film, when John Cusack drives a broken wooden stick through Malkovich's ankle, he gives the most prolonged, primal scream that lasts for about six to seven seconds. It even comes and goes in waves. For whatever reason, I heard that in my head once I read this question.

What makes a good listener request?

September 10, 2014

The best listener requests are detailed, and have a bit of personality to them. I love reading the passion some listeners have to their favorite films, so when we cover a movie we feel we have a responsibility to keep an open mind. Even when we don't end up liking the movie (sorry Bunraku fans), it gives us a better perspective on WHY people like them. Also, only ask for one movie per request; for those who suggest multiples, we just pick the one we'd rather do most.

If only one book existed, which book would you like it to be?

September 10, 2014

Writing Fiction for Dummies

What's your favorite movie scene?

September 10, 2014

One that always sticks with me is the climactic scene of Life Aquatic, where the Jaguar Shark is revealed - "I wonder if he remembers me." It's oddly my least favorite Anderson film (insofar as I love all his others a bit more), but all of that pathos and tragic sweetness in that climax, as Steve's family surrounds him in this intimate space and the catharsis comes pouring in through that Sigur Ros song, gets me every single time.

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