Special Report: Joseph Lanza on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Joseph Lanza, author of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Film That Terrified a Rattled Nation.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.
0:05.2	Anna Maria.
0:06.9	See?
0:07.5	Have you seen the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
0:11.7	No.
0:12.9	It is good?
0:14.2	Oh, I gotta tell you, I love this film.
0:17.6	It had passion and a plucky spirit, and the characters had integrity. Like when Leatherface
0:23.2	went on that strict diet of human flesh, he had to cut out chicken and fish completely. Dave,
0:27.6	I agree with you. I'll go a step further. Sure, Leatherface. He wore a mask made out of human skin,
0:32.4	and he hung people on meat hooks. But hey, we've all got quirks. I've got them. You've got them, Dave. That's what makes this character so, so compelling. Thumbs up from me. Same here.
0:43.5	This is the movie that Rex Reed called, the most horrifying motion picture I have ever seen.
0:49.8	This film is positively ruthless in its attempt to drive you right out of your mind.
0:55.7	This is the horror movie to end them all.
1:00.6	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre from New Line Cinema, rated R.
1:05.2	No one under 17 admitted without parent or guardian.
1:08.3	Oh, wow.
1:09.0	That's great, ladies and gentlemen.
1:11.2	What did you think of that, Anna, Maria?
1:12.9	God, was really American.
1:15.0	American, yes.
1:16.3	It's an American masterpiece.
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