The B-Side Ep. 192 – James Spader (with Veronica Fitzpatrick)

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Our subject today is the weird, handsome, and weirdly handsome James Spader! The B-Sides are White Palace, 2 Days in the Valley, Critical Care, and Slow Burn. Our guest is Veronica Fitzpatrick, editor of the new book In the Mood? As described on the A24 website: “From flirtation and foreplay to all-out kink, In the Mood? offers a menu of over 100 erotic movie recommendations.” There are THREE Spader films featured in the book, including White Palace! We talk about what a great on-screen listener Spader is, his bravery in going bald in Hollywood, his sexiness through the years, and that White Palace tagline (“The story of a younger man and a bolder woman”). Additional Spader movie recs include Bad Influence and The Music of Chance. The silent film masterpiece Greed comes up (the inspiration for Slow Burn), as does the recent New York Film Festival, and the untapped lunacy of 1990s cinema.