The B.E.E. Podcast - 11/1/18 - Seth Abramovitch - GOLD
Added 2018-10-30 13:18:00 +0000 UTCIn this extended Gold edition of the podcast, journalist Seth Abramovitch and Bret Easton Ellis discuss A Star Is Born, growing up in Montreal, Hollywood's preoccupation with diversity and the overreaction to Seth's recent Norm Macdonald piece.
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I agree w Bret for a lot of things but the way he tries to make light of the Louis CK thing is insane....it is violating to watch someone jerk off in front of you...and allegedly he hasn't stopped doing it!
Florence
2024-07-30 22:09:13 +0000 UTCSeth was delightful, I loved how he talked about his mother and working as the Jayster’s fact checker, what a cool guy. So warm.
Saf
2024-01-04 22:06:08 +0000 UTCAnother great episode.
Dave Nazworthy
2018-11-05 09:17:35 +0000 UTCLooking forward to hearing a review of 'First Man' (haven't watched yet) and 'Halloween' (Carpenter's new score is the best thing about it) on the next monologue.. please, thanks.
Thomas Matich
2018-11-03 01:48:46 +0000 UTCBut of course, the answer to all of this is convenience, convenience, convenience.. No one wants to wait for anything, or pay for anything anymore, Netflix HD is 'good enough'... I recently did an A/B of Kill Bill, having just rewatched on BLuray, I thought, let me quickly bring it up on Netflix and see how it compares, and it was really immediately, shockingly noticeable how much worse it was, particularly the sound for those of you out there who are yet to try out the above sort of set up.
Sam Willis
2018-11-01 17:03:15 +0000 UTCIt really confuses me why so many cinephiles would not want to investigate these sort of options given how much they are into film, particularly given how relatively affordable such a set up costs... To my mind it's analogous to being really into cooking but only using really average produce as opposed to buying from the farmers market, or wherever, and then complaining that the cinematic experience is diminished (or that the food lacks flavour in my analogy!) I wonder if it's just that home cinemas perhaps have a bit of a bad wrap in that they're more visibly for people who are into crazy blockbuster stuff etc. maybe it's too gauche or something. But to my mind, who wouldn't want a flipping cinema in their house?! Also, much the super expensive and luxuriant production design, cinematography etc. of the 50s,60s and 70s yield some truly stunning experiences which a lot of us have only experienced in a more televisual setting (for instance I recall watching Lawrence Of Arabia as a child at my grandmother's on a shitty TV with advert breaks, which is obviously a sacrilege.. I'm so glad that I saw P&P's Red Shoes and Black Narcissus for the first time on my home set up as opposed to some shitty stream or whatever. Also, I've been loving going back to 90s cinema, stuff that I saw on VHS or maybe DVD back in the day - compared to how crappy movies are today, rewatching the likes of Leon (The Professional), or LA Confidential in full bluray glory is just a trip. Contextually, even pretty average movies like Love & A 45 now have so much charm and character again when held up against the cinema of 2018 etc.
Sam Willis
2018-11-01 17:00:23 +0000 UTCSecond the BluRay, especially with at least a mid-range receiver and 5.1 speaker system. The recent (last few years) re-release of Lawrence of Arabia with the opening black screen and the intermission was as close to a theater experience I ever got outside of one.
Sean M.
2018-11-01 16:45:14 +0000 UTCI would heartily suggest that it's worth investing in a Blu ray / projector set up, plugged into a hi-fi - basically a home cinema - it's so so so much more impactful and immersive than watching streaming on a TV, even a big TV.. The extra fidelity of blu ray is really felt over projection, and particularly in the hi-def sound (a particularly overlooked / underrated problem with even HD streaming). I watched Funny Face (Hepburn/Astaire) yesterday on the above set up and was almost moved to tears at the vivacity of the colour, the performances, the dancing the set design, the sheer craft on display.. "Pure cinema" as Bret likes to say..
Sam Willis
2018-10-31 10:04:06 +0000 UTCAh, was it Filmstruck, which is now shutting down. Any other options, especially available internationally?
Richard MacManus
2018-10-31 09:17:28 +0000 UTCWhat streaming service does Bret use to watch all these old movies? Including the 70s ones. I think he mentioned a particular service at one point in the Rachel Kushner episode...
Richard MacManus
2018-10-31 09:12:37 +0000 UTCGreat episode!! Loved the breakdown of A Star is Born. The interview was very enlightening as well.
Jason Petrofsky
2018-10-30 20:13:34 +0000 UTC
