Bonus Episode: Eli Roth

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)

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