056 – Death Wish 3 with Will Menaker

The delightful Chapo dad joins us for Death Wish 3, possibly the simultaneous nadir and high point of the Death Wish series.

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According to Danny Peary in his book Guide for the Film Fanatic, “when director Michael Winner complained that Death Wish III [sic] was given an X rating because it had 63 killings while the R-rated Rambo [: First Blood Part II, 1985] had 80 killings, the woman at the Ratings Board explained that most of those killed in Rambo are Vietnamese.”

Paul Talbot, Bronson’s Loose!: The Making of the Death Wish Films

For more Will, listen to our episode about the controversial Friedkin film Cruising.

030 – Francesco with Will Menaker

Will Menaker blesses us with his presence to discuss Francesco, a biopic of St. Francis of Assisi starring…Mickey Rourke?!

Mickey Rourke fucks a pile of snow in Liliana Cavani's Francesco (1989)
That’s not cocaine, believe it or not

Will also joined us a few episodes back to talk about a problematic fave from a problematic fave: William Friedkin’s Cruising!

017 – Will Menaker Talks Scorsese

Will Menaker brings the Chapo Reading Series to HYST! Jen and Will eviscerate a very bad take on Scorsese, and discuss some of Marty’s more infrequently-seen work. Will also defends his most controversial opinion yet!

Will graced us with his presence on more than one occasion— check out our episode about William Friedkin’s gay slasher, Cruising!

The Scorsese/Kubrick mashup Will mentions may be seen here on Vimeo!