Shine up those rhinestones, everybody: it's the BEHIND THE CANDELABRA episode. We're talking Soderbergh's sort-of-final film before his sort-of-retirement, a 2013 Liberace biopic starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon - and we're joined by writer and Liberace expert Eva Anderson! We talk Vegas, camp, Douglas's infamous throat cancer disclosure, plastic surgery, palimony, the closet, Eva's absolutely insane experiences touring Liberace's home and other associated places, and lots more. You know what they say... too much of a good thing is wonderful (also unfamiliar to listeners of this show).

Further Reading:

Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace by Scott Thorson and Alex Thorleifson

Liberace: An American Boy by Darden Asbury Pyron

The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo

"Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus" by Xan Brooks

"The Boy Toy's Story" by David Segal

Further Viewing:

DRACULA (various)

SUNSET BOULEVARD (Wilder, 1950)

THE INFORMANT! (Soderbergh, 2009)

THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (Greenfield, 2012)

SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD (Tyrnauer, 2017)

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Handsome leading man jumps from television to film working with a handful of dynamic filmmakers before hopping in the director's chair himself - sound familiar?! Unfortunately, it turned out a lot better when Clint did it. But we're talking about George Clooney anyway, starting with his 2002 directorial debut CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND, based on the clearly-a-joke-to-everyone-but-Clooney "unauthorized autobiography" by Gong Show producer/host Chuck Barris. Written by Charlie Kaufman (rewritten by Clooney), produced by Section Eight, edited by Stephen Mirrione...what could go wrong? We'll tell you!

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Listen to this episode twice and call us in the morning! That's just a joke and is not medical advice. But we ARE talking about Soderbergh's 2013 pharmaceutical thriller SIDE EFFECTS today, with our friend poet/podcaster/famous celebrity Jane Altoids! Topics may include: Hitchcock, the history of madness, women being called crazy, big pharma, our own experiences with mental illness, Blake Lively, Soderbergh's then-impending retirement, the asylum and the prison, the mad rights movement, CONTAGION, and more. Give it a listen!

Further Reading:

Health Communism by Artie Vierkant and Beatrice Adler-Bolton

Quick Fixes by Benjamin Y. Fong

Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault

Soderbergh interview by Nigel M. Smith for Indiewire

"Trojan Horses and Immaculate Math: An Interview with Steven Soderbergh" by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

"How New York's mentally ill get lost in courts, jails and hospitals" by Ben Hattem

Further Viewing:

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Wilder, 1944)

GASLIGHT (Cukor, 1944)

SPELLBOUND (Hitchcock, 1945)

LES DIABOLIQUES (Clouzot, 1955)

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