The B.E.E. Podcast - 10/19/18 - Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano - SILVER
Added 2018-10-19 18:40:05 +0000 UTCPhil Matarese, Mike Luciano and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Mandy, making Animals for HBO, working in advertising and the limits of free expression in corporate culture.
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Wow! Graham Parker is an Elvis Costello fan! :)
Antonio Primavera
2021-08-26 01:11:35 +0000 UTC: Programme Bee : ♫ 0 - 1:05 "Just Like A Man" (Graham Parker) 1. 1:05 - 28:24 Discussion of men, masculinity, and moviemaking in "American Animals" and "You Were Never Really Here" (spoilers galore). ♫ 28:24 - 28:48 continued music "Just Like A Man" 2. 28:48 - 45:36 Discussion and preference of "Upgrade", "Mandy" (34:50) ♫ 45:36 - 47:09 con't + "Love Cats" (The Cure) 3. 47:09 - 52:42 BEE describes and spoils "Animals" 4. 52:42 - 1:17:08 Phil Matarese, Mike Luciano discuss "Animals" for HBO (Part 1) ♫ 1:17:08 - 1:17:43 con't "Love Cats" 5. 1:17:43 - 2:08:08 Phil Matarese, Mike Luciano interview (Part 2) ♫ 2:08:08 - con't "Love Cats"
Brent Minder
2018-10-30 14:34:00 +0000 UTCLove the podcasts Brett. Few people speak their minds truthfully, but you do! And it cracks me the f u c k up
Ben
2018-10-27 13:09:08 +0000 UTCPlease keep the livestreams going. I will never run out of questions for Bret. Ok, I haven’t read any reviews so maybe this is a dumb question - but it seems like Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” is making some kind of statement against the unconscious racism of the Left and how they seek to exploit the black experience to promote their own image and agenda. What do you think is the underlying cultural message for “Get Out”, and do you think it’s a satire on liberals, particularly the hollywood elite kind? If so, isn’t that a pretty bold move from a black creator?
Stephan Mathos
2018-10-25 18:26:23 +0000 UTCThe podcast shuts off after 5 seconds for me. Does anyone else have this problem?
J Pollen
2018-10-25 09:02:15 +0000 UTCAmbition married with scope make for the kind of theatrical imperative that made the late-90s and early-00s feel like a respite from the corporate culture that has—now—largely ruined Cinema with a capital "C." Streaming culture seems to feed both the "dilemma of choice" (monetizing nightmare for creators) and the lessening of "ambition" (as we're always known that "straight-to-video" movies were always second/third tier to the Real Thing of "theatrical-first-home-video-next" paradigm). Though I didn't like FIRST MAN, its scope and vision and scale are clearly present, and for two weeks now those IMAX screens nationwide have been empty. So much so that HALLOWEEN, a non-IMAX movie, will take over for a week beginning this weekend. And, curious to what Bret and the community will say, HALLOWEEN 2018 is about as vision-free as they come.
David Chien
2018-10-23 22:35:29 +0000 UTCFor those in Los Angeles and New York City, perhaps this movie (a 242-minute magnum opus by an American filmmaker, presented as two standalone features) may tap into the kind of ambition we all seem to agree is missing in indie cinema these days. <a href="https://film.avclub.com/art-and-community-collide-in-the-fantastic-small-town-1829900063" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://film.avclub.com/art-and-community-collide-in-the-fantastic-small-town-1829900063</a>
David Chien
2018-10-23 22:31:44 +0000 UTCI was the one who talk to you about American Animals three weeks ago... well now I know why you disliked it ! You got some valid points, but the thing is, when you say it's "too niche to work as a metaphor", that's exactly what I thought... until it started working for me as a metaphor. I felt we all had "a day of the robbery" in our life and I understood what was mine... That's also why I love the title cards you hate : when we understand the day of the robbery is NOT the day of the robbery, it's becoming an abstract idea. But I can understand why you didn't feel taken by it -- maybe I understand more the "white male frustration and discontent" lol
Léo S.
2018-10-21 17:20:43 +0000 UTCMandy started off real well, very atmospheric and beautiful in it's slow build-up. It reaches it's peak where we see the black skull gang, here you get the impression that your in for a great horror ride. Sadly this is where it starts to go downhill. The black skull gang is directly lifted from the Hellraiser saga, the setting as well where everything is in a dreamlike state and hell is real. However, while the Hellraiser movies always were campy they still were entertaining. This movie is technically brilliant but entertainment wise totally dead. The story is hollow and doesn't justify it's running time. The scenes are long and well shot but there's no payoff for all of it. I heard beforehand that the action and gore would be great, and sure there's a lot of gore but the action is so flat and dumb that you start to wonder where it went wrong. Nicolas Cage performance is also so stiff and out of place for the most part that his name is the only purpose for him to be in this kind of movie. I can't understand the praise for this movie at all. And one last thing, I don't like the fuckin eagles.
Reptilian complex
2018-10-20 16:45:55 +0000 UTCI'd like to read that Italian magazine article. I think the Scarlett Johansson thing has only been mentioned in passing on the podcast. I got so much grief from disagreeing with people over that.
BUtterfield8
2018-10-20 04:01:13 +0000 UTC
