In this bonus episode of Talking Pictures recorded live at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, host Ben Mankiewicz chats with director and actor Eli Roth. They discuss Roth’s close relationship with David Lynch and his role as The Bear Jew in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds.” Known for his horror films, we discover that scary movies made a young Eli Roth projectile vomit! The Super 8 reveals Roth’s broad film knowledge and his family admiration for Mel Brooks movies.

Films Mentioned:

• Cabin Fever


• Hostel


• Hostel 2


• The Green Inferno


• Thanksgiving


• Inglourious Basterds


• Death Proof


• Pulp Fiction


• True Romance


• The Idol*


• Ben-Hur


• Eraserhead*


• Superman: The Movie (1978)*


• The French Connection


• The Royal Tenenbaums


• The Conversation


• Knock Knock


• The Godfather


• The Godfather Part II


• Night Moves


• Scarecrow


• Quiz Show


• The Paper


• The Music of Chance


• Dr. Strangelove


• Rabbits


• The Scary of Sixty-First


• Jimmy and Stiggs


• It Follows*


• The Ring


• Clown


• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial


• Alien


• Private Parts


• House of 1000 Corpses


• Saw


• Nosferatu (2024)


• All Hallows' Eve


• Terrifier


• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre


• Scream VI


• Sleepaway Camp


• Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope


• Outland


• Dracula (1979)


• Kingdom of the Spiders


• Raiders of the Lost Ark


• Evil Dead


• A Nightmare on Elm Street


• The Devil's Rejects


• American Werewolf in London


• Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom


• The Wizard of Oz*


• Wild at Heart


• Joe (1070)


• The Breakfast Club


• Re-Animator


• Porky's


• Zapped


• Fast Times at Ridgemont High


• My Chauffeur


• 2001: A Space Odyssey*


• Blue Velvet*


• Pink Flamingos


• Hamburger: The Motion Picture


• One-Eyed Jacks


• House of Wax (1953)


• A Night at the Opera


• A Day at the Races


• Young Frankenstein


• The Producers (1967)


• Blazing Saddles


• High Anxiety


• American Psycho


• The Sixth Sense


• Friends with Benefits


• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


• America's Sweethearts


• The Exorcist


• The Shining


• Suspiria (1977)

*Available on Max as of 5/7 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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