The B.E.E. Podcast - 12/13/19 - Randal Kleiser - SILVER
Added 2019-12-13 22:53:53 +0000 UTCDirector Randal Kleiser and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the grit of Alan Parker's Fame, nurturing a commercial sensibility in the era of New Hollywood, translating the stage success of Grease into massive screen success and entering the world of virtual reality.
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I love 3 days of the Condor. It has to be "all about the style" because the storyline is ludicrous. He breaks in at gun point and has sex with tue owner of the apartment!? He gets all chummy with the man that murdered his girl friend? However I still love the film.
Jorge Espinha
2020-01-17 00:44:10 +0000 UTCIs it? If ir is, I didn't get the memo. I'm not gay
Jorge Espinha
2020-01-17 00:40:16 +0000 UTCMovies I remember not being allowed to watch was Jaws, The Warriors and nothing much else. But those two resonated giving shivers to summer swimmers and gangland antics, spurred by english teacher reading out loud ab Nicky Cruz - gangland NY. Offcourse everyone lost interest when Nicky got "reformed" into straight life after the hellish experience of being stalked by "The Dark".
Jan Rörvik
2019-12-27 22:47:50 +0000 UTCHe said he theorized, no one will ever really know and it doesn’t matter - but points to you for the box office correction, those points can be exchanged for a large teddy bear at the kiosk on your way out
Lundon Boyd
2019-12-17 20:56:19 +0000 UTCOh man, I still love the The Burbs! And I miss silly Tom Hanks.
Phoenix
2019-12-17 05:00:29 +0000 UTCI LOVE Flight of the Navigator!!! Also, I had watched Fame earlier this year because it happened to be streaming and I realized I had never actually seen the movie, although I was really into the knock off TV show as a kid. Bret's review nailed it, the good and the bad. Hot Lunch Jam was magical. They definitely do not make movies like that anymore. And on another note, speaking of Michael Sembello, any chance Bret would like to review the work of Adrian Lyne??? :) My guilty pleasures, haha.
Phoenix
2019-12-17 04:56:48 +0000 UTCTrying to claim Fred Rogers was a closeted gay man was incredibly lame, there is no evidence and François Clemmons who is gay and knew him for decades said there is no way he was. Fred had one throwaway comment to an openly gay doctor friend of his saying he has found men and women "attractive" but that's hardly anything and actually fits his whole caring loving personality. The 'Burbs was also a moderately successful film not a flop and has gained an avid cult following over the years.
Ian Schultz
2019-12-16 05:25:38 +0000 UTCFantastic episode. What a wonderful man, Randall. So warm and deeply experienced. Great convo.
Mark Russ
2019-12-15 19:05:30 +0000 UTCWatched Fame cos of this. Excellent film. I thought it was something I could quite happily get through my life having never seen, but I'm glad I watched it. It's a lot darker than I ever imagined from the songs I was familiar with.
Billy Vega
2019-12-15 16:17:27 +0000 UTCIs this Gays Only?
Jan Rörvik
2019-12-14 20:30:34 +0000 UTCGod, I loved the reviews. I had to laugh out loud when the theme music hit so perfectly. I laughed in glee at BEE’s virtuosity. Keep it up
M. Nero Nava
2019-12-14 00:17:38 +0000 UTC"We don't really care about spoilers on this podcast." And that's one of the reasons I love you, Bret.
James Pearce
2019-12-13 23:17:56 +0000 UTC
