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On May 6, 1983, the PBS late-night talk show LateNight (often PBS Late Night), hosted by Dennis Wholey, featured a notable interview with a 24-year-old Bruce Campbell. Campbell discussed the production of his debut film, The Evil Dead, and in this segment taken from the interview, Campbell discusses how Raimi's short "Within the Woods" worked as a prototype to sell investors on the iconic THE EVIL DEAD.
Righteousdew
Boy, that's a good-looking guy.
Evoshandor
ALWAYS upvote Bruce.
JustSomePersonThere
Goddamit man I wasn’t selling films to investors and bootstrapping a whole ass career at the age of 24.
xizar
https://archive.org/details/within-the-woods quality is reasonably good considering the source medium and age
svga
link to OG full interview? LOVE bruce but Bruce Almighty was a pretty crap film
oh oh and his book If Chins Could Kill was amaziing
TheJurc
Full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCpHI97sT5I
quasisentience
Is this the proto-definition of "jump scare"? He doesn't say it in that order, but it's there
RainierCamino
cronkey
Interviewer drinks loudly...
shameofslate
It’s time for a Jack of All Trades reboot!
GrimleyGraves
I need my glasses, I read that TOTALLY wrong.
Toqom
I can't believe I never saw that when it was out or the adventures of Brisco County Jr
InfocalypseRising
$1600 in 1983 dollars is roughly $5400 now
Nuclearun
Point of order: This interview is from '83. Within the Woods was filmed in '78 or '79 and that's when the $1,600 figure is from. W/o more detail it's somewhere between $7,500 and $8,500. Call it $8k now.
kmikl
So... it's a downpayment on a McDonald's meal... Assuming you have cheese on the burgers.
MrFancyPanzer
I recommend his autobiography, If chins could kill.
FlatLandFatty
Does it discuss how he remained black and white on color tv?
ps238principal
I recommend it even if chins can't kill.
IronMagnus
I recommend Burn Notice. It's MacGyver meets James Bond meets Miami Vice with Bruce Campbell in the supporting role and it's just *chefs kiss*
PTKrieg
Seconding this. Chuck Finley is forever.
theresaschu713
Especially the first few seasons
whiskeywonka
Core Memory Event Unlocked. I remember this. PBS was one of the 4 channels I had up on the mountain that didnt need 'fox viewing positions' (someone holding onto the rabbit ear)
Bathroomboy
Mountain? Fox viewing positions? Rabbit ear? I must know more!
PTKrieg
Not op, but survived the same time period. Let me see if I can boil it down. 1/
PTKrieg
Back in the day, most folks got their television via broadcasts similar to radio (for a long period things like cable and personal satellite weren't options, and when introduced were expensive luxuries), with a limited number of local stations using large antennas to transmit and small antennas attached to individual TVs to receive the signal. These transmissions would have many of the same issues as radio, with the broadcast becoming borderline illegible if too far away and suffering 2/
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from interference from things like hills and other landscape features. One of the later personal antenna designs was nicknamed the "rabbit ear" antenna for having a pair of extendable/adjustable antennas attached to a base, and a common experience for users was fiddling with the "ears" trying to get a viewable picture out of a weak broadcast, including things like having someone physically hold the antennas or attaching conductive metal to them. This was especially common for 3/
PTKrieg
folks out in rural areas, as such areas were generally underserved (limited population = limited advertising revenue = little incentive to try and establish a station if anyone is already there), forcing viewers to get creative to get a decent viewing experience from further out stations, doubly so in places like Appalachia and the Rocky Mountains where the terrain also interferes. 4/4