King Cohen Documentary at Music Box Theatre

This is Matt Verbois from La La Land Records

and you've entered the La La Land Lounge on Geekcast

Radio. You're going to be in for some really

radically unique entertainment. Larry started

as a writer, eventually became a director to

protect Larry the writer. Yeah, shut up. We don't

need all this bullshit. Bow. What was that? Larry

Cohen is so much the invisible man. It's entirely

possible to have seen a lot of his work without

knowing you were seeing his work. His movies

have this energy and this attack. Larry Cohen.

It's like the white Martin Luther King from movies.

I don't know what black exploitation means. Every

movie is exploitation. So what? He's a mad man,

but he makes these great little films. There's

a brilliance. There's a childish naughtiness

about him. He would do things that were dangerous.

Larry would not only shoot in the streets of

New York, he would drive cars up on the sidewalk

on the streets of New York. This is New York

City. They just get out of the way when you're

coming. I would go down to an area with 5 ,000

policemen and shoot a movie without permission.

But Larry gave himself permission. Shell cartridges

were raining down into the streets of New York.

People think that there's a terrorist attack.

He goes, get a cameraman and shoot somebody panicking.

And then the next day, there were articles about

it. They went, oh, Larry, you know. What you're

really seeing is somebody who looks deeply at

the present moment. Larry's movie is not necessarily

subtle. They thought from their reflections of

the world around them and the problems in that

world. All the movies I do take you something

which is considered benevolent and turning it

into some kind of monstrosity. What? Every time

I make a movie, they always tell me that's not

the way it's done, but I do it and it works.

He is the true independent filmmaker. His jump

out of the chopper, run and gun. Larry is the

best guerrilla filmmaker in the business. A wild

maverick sense in the tradition of the handmade

picture. He trusts his actors and they trust

him. The greatest dead devil Hollywood has ever

seen. The reality of life is you don't know all

the answers. You don't know why these things

occur. Let's face it. Anybody will put up with

anything if they think a movie is being shot.

Hello and welcome to the La Land Lounge here

on Geekcast Radio Presents. I am of course TFU

and Mike. The last time you would have heard

me, you would have heard Steve Megatron and myself

live in person as he was the best man at my wedding.

I am now married, living in Chicago. The only

thing is... Bad about living in Chicago is it's

in the central time zone. Ugh. Eastern or bust?

Anyway, this is the La Land Lounge. I had the

opportunity to go see the King Cohen documentary

at the Music Box Theater here in Chicago. As

everyone knows, since 2013 I've been doing soundtrack

reviews for La Land Records and Matt Verbois,

who is my contact over there... Reached out to

me and said hey, we're gonna be in your town

Would you like to come see this and cover it

on the podcast and I was like sure? I'm a month

or so late in getting this out The event was

November 4th 2017 I've been busy the last couple

of months folks You know, moving to Chicago,

finding true love, getting married within four

months of meeting each other. But here's the

thing, when it's right, it's right. Why wait?

My wife Karen and I are very happy. Uh, we are

creating and building a life together. It's amazing.

So I've finally gotten the time to take a breath,

sort of relax, and give you guys my opinions

on the King Cohen documentary. But first, here's

some... information about it. The film was directed

by Steve Mitchell, starring J .J. Abrams, Rick

Baker, Eric Boghossian, Eric Roberts. Eric Roberts

was actually at the event, Larry Cohen obviously.

Indie film legend Larry Cohen has directed cult

classics like Black Caesar, It's Alive, Cue the

Winging Serpent, and The Stuff. Hollywood screenwriter

Larry Cohen delivered enjoyable high -concept

matinees like best seller phone booth and cellular

and Those are just the tip of the iceberg fans

will savor every minute of this documentary as

it covers. Mr. Cohen's highly impressive career

and Newcomers will simply dig the classy old

guys attitude So after the film screening, there

was a lifetime achievement award given out to

the director Larry Cohen. Larry Cohen is the

sort of filmmaker who creates movie geeks. Upon

discovering Discover Black Caesar, It's Alive,

and Cue The Winged Serpent or The Stuff, you're

immediately tempted to see all of the director's

other movies. Between his directorial work and

his non -stop screenplays, it is a safe to say

that you've seen and loved a few of Larry Cohen's

movies without even knowing it and this year

he's here to hang out with the audience at sin

apocalypse and watch some movies so at the time

Karen and I were just engaged uh... we got engaged

october fourteenth twenty seventeen we had our

first date actual real date that wasn't dinner

or whatever uh... on november fourth twenty seventeen

when we get when we got to go see king cohen

this documentary about larry cohen i love the

film i think it's awesome the only fit like i've

heard of some of his movies i've heard larry

cohen's name but i haven't seen a lot of his

stuff at least a lot of the stuff that was featured

in the documentary i think the only movie i've

seen of his was phone booth i know that's sad

As someone who has been working with La La Land

Records, La La Land Entertainment for the last

four years or so, as soon as the La La Land logo

pops up before the movie starts, I'm like, yeah,

woohoo, La La Land rocks! Everybody else in the

theater was silent. I gotta show my support somehow,

right? I mean, come on! The Music Box Theater

here in Chicago is a nice little small, very

small venue to watch very specific films. It's

not a 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 theater multiplex.

It's a place to go watch a movie that feels like

you're back in a drive -in even though it's in

a theater. The place was just gorgeous absolutely

loved it the movie itself was very very interesting

an interesting look I'm hoping I don't know yet

I haven't looked at this information and maybe

I'll take a break here in a moment to see if

I could find it I'm hoping this hits media release

at some point I'm sure it will but I'm not exactly

sure when it will if you've ever seen any of

the Larry Cohen films or anything else the man

has worked on or even wanted to see what the

man is like in person this was the thing to watch

this event here in Chicago was amazing as I said

Larry Cohen was there the director Steve Mitchell

was there Eric Roberts was there and before and

after the show there was after the show that

after the movie finished they did questions kinda

like a James Lipton type of ask you know the

audience asks the guy a question kind of thing

before that they did a little thing where before

the movie started you know they tried to give

little introductions everybody and Larry was

joking around and having a good time everyone

was really having a good time I think that documentaries

need to have more events like this this was a

very very cool thing to go to if It's still running

if it's still on tour or whatever. It's supposed

to be called you guys ought to go see this It's

very very cool All right, here's the deal folks

I have tweeted at King Cohen movie on Twitter

to see if it will be released on media I Highly

doubt it, but I'm hopeful I cannot find any information

on it at all saying that it'll be released on

DVD, iTunes, whatever. Put on Hulu or Netflix

or any of that. My favorite part of the movie

is just seeing how dedicated Larry Cohen is to

the craft. It's men like him who are carving

out and who have carved out his own their own

path Men women whatever people that carve out

their own path That makes me continue to carve

out my own path with the podcasting with my writing

with everything else just seeing this documentary

and seeing what larry cohen's home office looks

like paper everywhere oh my god that's kinda

like how i am with my computer i have document

files everywhere of ideas for podcasts that have

been you know six seven eight nine years in the

making uh... just absolutely fun and interesting

and i finally got to meet met for boys from all

and records that was cool Mean I know you know

some people like mad for boys. Yeah, okay, but

dude But I'm telling you people La Land Records

is the soundtrack company they are La Land Entertainment

is the new hotness in entertainment in Hollywood

in La La Land If you can, check out King Cohen.

It's a very cool documentary about a filmmaker

who blazed his own path and has no regrets about

anything he did in his life, as far as I can

tell, just based on watching the documentary.

Karen enjoyed seeing the film as well, hoping

we can go to more events like this in the future.

Coming up next here on the LawnLounge, we're

gonna get Legendary. we flash Supergirl and arrow

that's right I've got in my desk right now the

CW scores from La La Land records for the most

recently finished seasons of the CW superhero

shows the flash season 3 arrow season 5 legends

season 2 and Supergirl Season 2. so those will

be on the next episode here on the lowland lounge

here on the cast radio presents uh... we've got

mayhem mike's coming up as well with ryan murkley

and i and a bunch of other stuff here at the

cast radio we've got our year -end show that

will be doing with steve megatron and i as well

so stay tuned head on over to lawland records

dot com where soundtracks live and i will get

you guys next time i'm gonna go see if i can

find a phone booth Because it's alive. Four for

Britney Spears, right? No, you owe me, Stu. It's

gotta be the night of the 18th, and I will deliver

you a truckload of celebrities. But today...

Someone's got his number. Don't even think about

leaving that booth. Wrong number, pal. I'm aiming

at you right now. Can you feel it, Stu? Did you

call me Stu? Who is this? Someone who enjoys

watching you. I have a 30 caliber bolt action

700 with a hands -hold tactical scope. You mean,

like a rifle? At this range, the exit wound out

to be about the size of a small tangerine. You're

bluffing. There's only one way to find out. Oh,

my God. You shot him. Look at all of the people,

Stu. He's the shooter! I've seen him! It wasn't

me! What did I do to deserve this? How am I?

If you have to ask, then you're not ready to

know yet. I didn't shoot anybody. I just want

to hear your side of it. If you tell him, I will

kill you. I ain't got no side of it. You're in

this position because you're not telling the

truth. I'm in this position because you've got

a gun. Come on, Stu. Don't you get the game yet?

Confess your sins, Stuart. Hang up. Stu hasn't

been totally honest with you. His wife looks

very angry. He said he wasn't married. Leave

her out of this! I have your wife here with me.

This is exciting. You get to choose between them.

Kelly, Pam, Bam, Bam. Get her out of here, right?

They're in position. Move, move, move. I give

the orders here. Look, I'm sure we can work this

out. It's do or die time. One. Hold your fire!

Two.