Episode 121: TARGETS (1968) (feat. Jenny Ackerson)

Featuring special guest Jenny Ackerson (https://twitter.com/ackersonjenny)! The directorial debut of Roger Corman protégé Peter Bogdanovich is a startling, screeching indictment of the past and future of American violence, and what it looks like when they meet in the present. Following the parallel stories of aging classic horror star Byron Orlok (Boris Karloff) and quietly disgruntled, emasculated veteran Bobby Thompson (Tim O’Kelly), TARGETS is a portrait of the low-budget, high-tension filmmaking that would come to define New Hollywood – thanks in no small part to the story ideation and dynamic production design of Polly Platt. Follow Jenny on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ackersonjenny and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/jennyack/ Resources: - You Must Remember This - Bela and Boris Episode 6: Boris Karloff and Roger Corman http://youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2017/11/20/bela-and-boris-episode-6-boris-karloff-and-roger-corman - You Must Remember This - Polly Platt: The Invisible Woman http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2020/7/pollyplattarchive28 Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Music: “The Terror Main Theme" by Ronald Stein from the THE TERROR (1963) soundtrack. 00:00 - Episode 121: TARGETS (1968) (feat. Jenny Ackerson) 3:25 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 6:09 - Jason’s thoughts 8:00 - Cody’s thoughts 11:57 - Harry’s thoughts 16:27 - Aaron’s thoughts 19:35 - Jenny’s thoughts 21:44 - How the two halves of TARGETS unfold into another 37:01 - The questions TARGETS raises about violence and myth 46:14 - Why TARGETS shows so much of the production 49:33 - The work of Polly Platt in TARGETS 55:07 - The climactic final scene 1:02:53 - Stray thoughts 1:10:07 - Jenny shoots down an offer to intro Cody’s Noteys 1:10:42 - Cody’s Noteys (Trylibs: Fading Star)