120 - Buster And Billie / Baxter / The Fast Kill
It should have been a love story…Quentin and Roger travel back in time to the rural South for Buster and Billie! Jan-Michael Vincent’s Buster wants to get laid; his friends suggest he get it on with the ‘easy’ girl in school, Billie. Expecting only sex, the two fall into an unlikely romance destined to end in Southern fried tragedy. The Video Archives crew discuss the history of 70s tearjerkers, Jan-Michael Vincent’s heartthrob status and how American Graffiti changed the coming of age story.
Next up, beware of the dog who thinks in Baxter! Based on the novel Hell Hound, Baxter is a black comedy about a white bull terrier who moves from owner to owner, and the misfortunes that befall them. Quentin and Roger discuss Baxter’s incredible voiceover, the genre of dog movies, and the mystery of what happened to director Jérôme Boivin. Finally, the only way out is death in Lindsay Shonteff’s outlandish heist film The Fast Kill! A successful diamond robbery goes wrong when six criminals attempt to divvy up their earnings. The duo discuss the film’s economical filmmaking, groovy music, and heart-pounding heist sequence.
Comments (3)
Fast Kill has a short version and a long version on YouTube. The parts that were cut from the scenes in the short version are in German on the long cut. Is there a long cut of The Fast Kill that is completely in English? The tempo and scenes are very interesting in the long cut and it would be great to see. Thank You for your show and making time to speak about cinema with enthusiasm and intelligence.
“I love Baxter but I don’t even like Baxter” 🤣 BAXTAAA
The AFI note on Buster & Billie is worth a movie adaptation itself 😵