Border Radio

Rocker Jeff (Chris "D" DesJardins) makes good his escape to Mexico as "Scenester" Iris Berry is interviewed, early sample of the fractured narrative of Border Radio, 1987, directed by Allison Anders, Dean Lent and Kurt Voss.

Dean (musician John Doe) gains entrance to the actual Hong Kong Cafe in LA's Chinatown, pursuing Luanna (Anders) who, visiting with musician Dave Alvin, is searching for her disappeared rocker husband, his colleague, Green On Red playing "That's What Dreams Are For," in Border Radio, 1987.

Opening with a song by leading man Chris D's (DesJardins) band, as he counts the cash and hides when the thugs (Craig Stark, Eddie Flowers, Sebastian Copeland) show up, from the celebrated debut by UCLA students Allison Anders, Dean Lent and Kurt Voss, Border Radio, 1987.

Pursued parent Luanne (Anders, sister of the co-director Allison), pays a visit to friend Chris (Shearer), annoyed at the disappearance of rocker husband Jeff (Chris "D" DesJardins) to Mexico, another song by his band playing down there, in Border Radio, 1987.

Filmmaker Allison Anders, TCM enthusiast and the co-writer and director of Border Radio, 1986, showing on TCM Friday, March 29th at 2am ET, joins Scott McGee to discuss favorite movies and her new insights on Greta Garbo, in this edition of the TCM Podcast.