Special Report: Timon Singh on Born to Be Bad

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The Projection Booth

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

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Timon Singh of the Bristol Bad Film Club joins Mike to talk about his book, Born To Be Bad: Talking to the Greatest Villains in Action Cinema and the documentary, In Search of the Last Action Heroes, which he's producing and Oliver Harper is directing.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.5	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise. H. Ha! Ha! HAD. HAD.
0:21.6	HAD.
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0:23.6	HAD.
0:24.6	HAD.
0:25.6	HAD.
0:26.6	HAD.
0:27.6	HAD. The Son of a bitch.
0:55.4	The 1980s witnessed something that had such a lasting impact on a cinematic landscape on pop culture, and it still resonates today.
1:02.8	Filled by testosterone, greased up muscles and thundering gun violence.
1:06.9	Audiences couldn't get enough of this high-octane action that would create a successful niche market for the next 20 years.
1:14.0	Our aim is to explore what caused the monumental success of the 1980s action films, what drove the continued success through the 90s,
1:21.2	and how the political and parental atmosphere caused its eventual decline at the start of the 21st century.
1:31.0	Through its eventual decline at the start of the 21st century. Through interviews with cast members, directors, writers, producers, composers and fans who
1:36.0	influence this movement of stunt-filled cinema, this documentary will detail how the action
1:40.5	movie has changed from the gritty revenge films of the 1970s and evolved
1:44.6	into the one-man army with unlimited ammo as they've rained down revenge on their enemies.
1:50.1	Examining the narrative tools of the Buddy Cops, the every man taking on terrorists, the
1:53.9	Special Forces assault teams and the dawn of the female action star, in search of the last
1:58.2	action heroes will be the definitive behind-the- scenes look at the favorite films from our youth.
2:02.6	Survivor War. You gotta become war.
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