Can you introduce us to the individuals who make upThe Blank Slatepodcast?
The Blank Slate is made up of three Sydney comedians and film nerds: Cameron James, the bad boy; Henry Stone, the dark horse and bad boy; Alexei Toliopoulos, the cute one and also bad boy. Each week on the pod we watch a cult movie, or a new classic, or a horrible bomb, and take it apart. We also do general bad boy behaviour.
What’s the idea behind your Talkies event at Golden Age Cinema, and what should we expect from the Gremlins edition?
The legends at Golden Age Cinema have asked us to program a few nights at their venue that we call Talkies. We screen a cult classic, and then afterwards we make fun of the movie and interview a lauded special guest who worked on the film!* We can’t reveal who our Gremlins guest is, but I can say they won’t be snackin’ on any popcorn after midnight.(*We have never had anyone who actually worked on the film, but we have had comedians pretending to have worked on the film, which is just as good and much, much funnier.)
What roles will each of you be playing?
Us Slaters will be playing the roles of hosts and resident bad boys, and together we will lead an audience discussion of Joe Dante’s classic critter feature, and a Q&A with our special guest (who again I must reiterate will not actually be someone who worked on the film, but will be a funny comedian pretending to be).
For anyone who hasn’t seen Gremlins, what makes it such a Christmas classic?
Truthfully, I forgot this movie was set during Christmastime. But you get to see a puppet monster smoking a cig, which is pretty awesome bad boy behaviour, the likes of which The Blank Slate aspire to.
Gremlins: Blank Slate Talkies happens onFriday December 18 atGolden Age Cinema.
