Episode 589: The Cassandra Cat (1963)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

We kick off Czechtember 2022 with a look at Vojtech Jansy’s The Cassandra Cat. Also known as “When the Cat Comes,” the film is a fairy tale about a little city which lives under the protective eye of Oliva (Jan Bierch). When he was young he almost ran away with the circus which featured an unusual act of a cat which could show people their true colors… literally.

Spencer Parsons and Chris Stachiw join Mike to discuss this wondrous film.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.0	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.5	Hey,
0:32.1	and run! Oh, Ah, Ah, Ah,
0:38.3	Ah,
0:39.3	Ah,
0:41.3	Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah. Ah... Ah... ...a... Oh! Oh! . . The Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White. Join me once again is Mr. Chris Staschew.
2:19.6	I don't know if you guys know this, but studying stuffed animals is just as good as studying live ones.
2:25.2	That's true. Also, back in the booth is Mr. Spencer Parsons.
2:29.0	I love me some taxidermy.
2:30.9	On this episode, we are talking about Voitec Yancey's The Cassandra Cat, also known as When the Cat comes.
2:38.8	The film is a fairy tale about a little city which lives under the protective eye of Oliva, played by Jan Berwick.
2:46.2	When he was young, he almost ran away with the circus, which featured an unusual act, a cat,
2:52.5	which could show people their true colors, literally. We'll be discussing this and a lot more
2:58.1	on this episode. We'll also be spoiling the film as we go along. So if you haven't seen
3:02.6	the Cassandra cat turn off the podcast and come back after you have, we will still be here.
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