On this episode hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by filmmaker & historian Bill Teck to discuss their shared love of Philip Kaufman’s cult classic The Wanderers - a coming-of-age comedy about teenage gangs in the Bronx in 1963. The conversation explores the film’s singular tone, how Kaufman remained an outsider even among the New Hollywood mavericks of the 70’s, and the ways in which The Wanderers resembles an American Fellini movie.
It’s free-flowing conversation about a film that brings the trio joy while provoking them to grapple with issues of consequence - the film itself is a serious goof, a heavy comedy, a brutal lark and a true cult phenomenon in an era when such films are increasingly rare. Get your baseball bat & satin jacket, we’re headed into Ducky Boy country…
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Intro music:
Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two”
Outro music:
Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”