John Hudson and Bobby Hazzard join me for a raucous
discussion of this bizarre Australian oddity. Are we able to figure out the
story? What do we think of the main character? Do we maintain our sanity before
the invisible chimp rears his furry head to fling poop everywhere? Thank goodness
for the laughing audience in the room to keep us on track and aware of how
silly we can be.
SONS OF STEEL (1988) is a film built out of bits &
pieces of earlier movies but without the budget necessary to pull it off. It
seems to be assembled from random parts of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Blade
Runner, Back to the Future, Max Headroom and a little barbarian imagery for
texture. The film follows Black Alice, a pompous singer strutting around a dystopian
near-future momentarily mourning his dead girlfriend and trying to become a rock
star. Strangely, he is also somehow an environmental peace activist – or at
least we are told this by agents of the Oceana government. (Did I mention that
1984 is ripped off as well?) The movie is a series of music videos struggling
to tell a tale of revolution, love and violence but the most memorable moments
are the very 80’s songs scattered across the soundtrack. In Spiritus Wank’em!
If you have any thoughts on Black Alice, SONS OF STEEL or
the sequel novels penning by the writer/director, thebloodypit@gmail.com is the place to
send them. Thank you for listening to the show!
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