Schrader Ep. 25: Auto Focus (2002) with Nick Wiger

Schmile, listener! This week we're pointing our viewfinders at Paul Schrader's sleazy 2002 Bob Crane biopic AUTO FOCUS with writer and co-host of the Doughboys and Get Played podcasts, Nick Wiger! Join us for a discussion of fame, destructive sexual obsession, smoldering male violence, Willem Dafoe - you know, all the usual Schrader stuff. Plus: we talk the Minions, Tyga bites, and how Bob Crane would have been a podcaster. Also if you're related to either of the hosts of the show, maybe don't listen to this one. For everyone else: great ep, please enjoy!

Further Reading:

The Murder of Bob Crane: Who Killed the Star of Hogan's Heroes? by Robert Graysmith

"Raging Bullshit. Auto Focus Is Not My Dad's Story" by Scotty Crane

"Michael Gerbosi on Writing Auto Focus" by Paul Rowlands

Further Viewing:

SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (Soderbergh, 1989)

BOOGIE NIGHTS (Anderson, 1997)

GUNGAN STYLE (GANGNAM STYLE PARODY) (Wiger, 2012)

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