Schrader Ep. 5: Rolling Thunder (1977)

Get your hand out of that garbage disposal and press play, listener! We're doing our best to do an episode on John Flynn's 1977 vetsploitation nasty ROLLING THUNDER, but mostly we end up talking about Paul Schrader's mucked-with script. It's a fascinating study in how a story can go from TAXI DRIVER damning to DEATH WITH reactionary with just a few strokes of Heywood Gould's pen. Plus some Vietnam talk, a COCKTAIL/RAIN MAN tangent, and Tommy Lee Jones. Good ep!

Further Reading:

Paul Schrader's original screenplay for ROLLING THUNDER

Further Viewing:

HEARTS & MINDS (1974)

DEATH WISH (1974)

FIRST BLOOD (1982)

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