The B.E.E. Podcast - 10/25/19 - Roger Avary - Part 2 - SILVER
Added 2019-10-26 03:25:37 +0000 UTCBret Easton Ellis reviews Todd Phillips' Joker and talks with Roger Avary about making The Rules of Attraction, filming Glitterati in Europe, moviemaking as therapy and getting creative to write Lucky Day. Part 2 of 2.
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I would love to see Glitterati but I can’t imagine it would get released today.
Darren
2024-07-18 23:02:10 +0000 UTCHis take on Harvey Weinstein did not age well....
Jeff Kovach
2022-06-19 06:48:26 +0000 UTCMajor props to Bret for being so quiet and letting this guy talk. Fantastic work.
mortal trash
2022-01-24 19:07:48 +0000 UTC? Gmbmgy
Brandon Veski
2020-09-10 19:58:59 +0000 UTCThe most raw and honest account of such an event this career (24 years) prosecutor has ever heard.
Eric M. Rhein
2019-12-22 03:56:03 +0000 UTCThank you for these. Might be the most honest account of self reflection I have ever heard.
Philip rice
2019-11-14 20:55:54 +0000 UTCIncredible interview. Hope it inspires Roger to write a memoir. So many extraordinary insights and experiences. Best review of Joker yet, a film that realistically sits alongside 2-star thrillers like ‘8MM’ or Tony Scott’s ‘The Fan’, but somehow has bagged a ‘Golden Lion’. Is it just me or is it getting crazier out there?
Kovitch
2019-11-06 07:43:05 +0000 UTCFantastic interview!
Sven Safarow
2019-11-05 11:20:29 +0000 UTCjust wish they'd talked about Beowulf, which is an underestimated, existentially-probing work of art
Chris Wright
2019-11-04 23:44:22 +0000 UTCif you want to hear some great tales from jail, look up 'Wes Watson GP' on YouTube!
Chris Wright
2019-11-04 23:43:13 +0000 UTCVery much enjoyed first and second part.
Erick
2019-11-04 21:38:14 +0000 UTCI have to catch up to the latest episodes, but I can't wait to listen to this :)
dakira
2019-11-02 20:08:36 +0000 UTCOne of the best BEE’s ever. So many things to say but 1) what an astounding shower of cash the ‘streamers’ are dumping on Hollywood (in Netflix’s case all borrowed $ via junk bonds, what could go wrong?)-they are literally locking down POTENTIAL locations for a year? What are they spending on talent etc? Must be an incredible time to be an agent 2) chilled to the bone by his story of being sent to a max facility and solitary based on TWEETS. That’s the ‘corrections’ mindset in a nutshell. Exercise your rights and we’ll literally torture you. And enjoy it. Jesus. And America DARES lecture others on human rights...
MikeE
2019-11-02 01:56:39 +0000 UTCGreat interview. One of Bret's best.
Peter Guzzo
2019-10-31 12:55:51 +0000 UTCBest Eagles response yet?
Brian Rooney
2019-10-30 19:41:29 +0000 UTCI must admit, this is an extraordinary interview. Avery, who rarely does interviews is incredibly candid in this. Doesn’t shy away from any question and elaborates on everything. Makes a lot of the other famous guests that Bret has had on look so reserved on the verge of being a waste of time. See: Jason Shwartzman or Molly Ringwald, just to name a few.
Constantine
2019-10-30 16:19:08 +0000 UTCTremendous interview, well worth being divided into two. Roger Avery was about as open and candid as you could expect anyone to be after what happened. Looking forward to seeing Lucky Day.
Dean Lowenstein
2019-10-30 02:40:32 +0000 UTCI'm at an after hours party at the Teacher's Lounge of William E. Ferron Elementary, sipping absinthe in a dark corner and watching the scarlet curtains flutter next to the air conditioner. "Mysteries beyond the stars..." I say. My date doesn't hear me. "Bret Ellis rarely ventures such wordplay. Wonder why." "There's value in restraint." The voice comes from behind me somewhere, but when I turn around, nothing is there.
phuq paytch
2019-10-29 21:25:09 +0000 UTCJorge, Returning to similar themes again and again is what artists do! Essentially, you are complaining that Almodovar is an auteur. You could knock Cronenberg or Lynch or De Palma or Polanski or Peckinpah or Waters or any notable director for circling round to same same subject multiple times. And if Almodovar's work doesn't speak to you, you have my sympathies. Oh and add the sublime "Talk To Her" and "The Skin I Live In" to my list above.
Robert R. Conroy
2019-10-29 17:02:32 +0000 UTCI've seen all of those movies. In the original soundtrack, I'm fluent in Spanish. But I have the feeling is the same setup over and over again: women are magical creatures, priests are pedophiles, oh look! What a cute pre adolescent boy! Heterosexual males are dickheads if not potential rapists.... Does Almodôvar thing women gave any agency? They seem to be these magical flawless creatures. I think he's been doing the same couple of movies for more than 3 decades
Jorge Espinha
2019-10-29 15:30:41 +0000 UTCIncredible interview.
David
2019-10-29 07:16:21 +0000 UTCI'd like to hear Bret review the following new movies: Dolemite Is My Name, Pain & Glory, The Irishman, The Lighthouse, Parasite
Andrew Lapointe
2019-10-28 22:02:39 +0000 UTCI agree
Alessandro Del Vigna
2019-10-28 20:37:02 +0000 UTCOr "All About My Mother" or "Women on the Verge..." or "Law of Desire' or "Volver" or "Bad Education" or etc. and so forth.
Robert R. Conroy
2019-10-28 19:26:56 +0000 UTCHas he not seen "Julieta?"
Andrew Lapointe
2019-10-28 19:05:30 +0000 UTCThis Robert Avery was top notch B.E.E. That was a great interview.
Richie Laufman (Dixie who went Yank)
2019-10-28 18:06:46 +0000 UTCAlmodovar has not made a "great" film?
Robert R. Conroy
2019-10-28 17:03:56 +0000 UTCgetting really tired of Bret's judgemental attitude around 13:30
Chris Wright
2019-10-28 11:12:10 +0000 UTCJoker has already made $850 million worldwide https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl252151297/?ref_=bo_hm_rd
Chris Wright
2019-10-28 10:59:38 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed Ad Astra but do think there was some more room to have fun in there. I actually wanted to see a lot more of the monkeys, and also think it would've been great if they focused on the mental state of the other astronauts and crew on the ships and on the bases. haha you have to admit the other astronauts seemed weirdly incompetent and one dimensional compared to Brad Pitt's character
Alex Waller
2019-10-26 20:56:40 +0000 UTCTreatsie?
JD
2019-10-26 16:33:29 +0000 UTCReally interesting hearing Brets comments on Joker and Ad Astra. Ad Astra is my favourite of the year so far. Do completely disagree with Bret on his view of the ending, I found the ambition and emotiveness of it very refreshing for a big budget adult SF film. It really resonated with me and I found it unforgettable. On Joker Bret made some interesting points.
David Willis
2019-10-26 10:22:28 +0000 UTCOh. I could have five parts with Avery. Bloody genius. Man, I love this podcast so much even if I sometimes violently disagree and want to meet Todd more than anything else. About ‘the Joker’. I loved, loved this film and it made me so very hopeful about American cinema. A sixty million dark arthouse movie making a bomb of money at the box office. I was stunned, stunned by its critical reception. Maybe it’s because I am european. It’s not the first time I have noticed American critics developing a blindspot when a movie so clearly is about their country, their culture. All throughout watching it I had such a strong desire to find out why it was made; what the film maker wanted to tell us. I had a distinct feeling it was about America all throughout watching it, but afterwards I really got the feeling it was about Trump. Philips shows us not only the mob in the movies (disgruntled white men, the basket of deplorables), but WE actually fall in love (and I hate to admit it) with a mentally ill clown drunk on the adoration of idiots. Joaquin seduces us and pulls all tricks out of his sleeve that make us love him. I pray to God he will play Bruce Wayne in Todd Philips follow up. But the critical backlash really surprised me. I had the same for example with ‘the Final Testament of the Holy Bible’, the James Grey novel. Panned in the US, adored in Europe, about Jesus returning to earth in modern day Manhattan. Would love to hear him on the podcast. Pretty sure the two of you would have some interesting conversations, him being the prototype of an artist crucified by the liberal media...
Yorick van Wageningen
2019-10-26 09:34:42 +0000 UTCHe wins the prize for not skipping a beat on the Eagles question. I can't believe that I'm saying this, but I want to know more about jail. Avary is really a storyteller.
BUtterfield8
2019-10-26 08:30:16 +0000 UTCI liked Ad Astra better than the anachronisticly woke Lost City of Z. Scifi genre is always safer to get creative with than historical movies.
Tomi Hautakangas
2019-10-26 08:05:38 +0000 UTCI think I speak on behalf of all of us when I say we expect the Michael Bay podcast to be a minimum 3 episodes long.
Ant
2019-10-26 04:12:12 +0000 UTC
