S8E30: Polarizing Figure with Mikko Makela
Added 2024-08-13 11:52:44 +0000 UTCFilmmaker Mikko Makela and Bret discuss bringing Sebastian to life in the London literary scene, financing films in Finland, admiring the dramatized domesticity of Ingmar Bergman and Virginia Woolf making the mundane seem epic.
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Scandinavian filmmakers are serious, humble and dedicated. This conversation was like swimming in a dark, beautiful lake. Very refreshing.
Pia Dykert
2024-12-07 02:12:39 +0000 UTCCame back to give this a replay after watching Sebastian. Really enjoyed the film, thanks bringing it to my attention.
Mike Rankin
2024-11-13 21:41:28 +0000 UTCGod I wish Bret and Gregg Araki would do an episode together 😔
Laura B. Farrugia
2024-08-24 20:55:19 +0000 UTCBrett mentions the scene in Challengers when the 3 are making out, it reminded me of the scene in The Canyons when Lindsay Lohan manipulates James Deen into gay sex in their ménage a trois
Jono
2024-08-22 07:55:47 +0000 UTCKino Lorber will be releasing ‘Sebastian’ on Blu-ray.
Thomas Matich
2024-08-22 01:07:08 +0000 UTCBeach rats is one of my favorite movies ever :’)
mia
2024-08-20 17:19:07 +0000 UTCHe’s talked about it before I think he did enjoy it im sure we will hear something on next weeks episode 🤗🤗
mia
2024-08-20 14:50:58 +0000 UTCFYI, "About Dry Grasses" is Turkish, not Romanian.
Jeffrey Reeser
2024-08-20 06:02:48 +0000 UTCYeah too specific for random banter dialogue to get into the scene!! I wonder what Bret thinks of the show although juvenile in some respects industry definitely seems made with his sensibilities
Harold B
2024-08-19 21:22:35 +0000 UTCIndustry used Bret's line tonight!
Stephen
2024-08-19 06:28:15 +0000 UTCBret has a very soothing voice so the podcast gently lulls me to sleep quite often.
Stephen
2024-08-19 06:27:34 +0000 UTCBEE pod reference “what do you think of the eagles” in this week’s episode of HBO’s Industry 👽 Coolio and the Gang
Seneca Garcia
2024-08-19 05:23:23 +0000 UTC“What do you think of the eagles?” “The football team?” On hbo’s industry episode tonight ❤️
mia
2024-08-19 04:15:58 +0000 UTCAs someone from a town of less than 1,000 people, it’s always so strange when people say they’re from a “small town” of 60k people
TheRealAudreyHorne
2024-08-19 00:44:18 +0000 UTCExcellent, cinema-centric interview! Thank you both for the thought-provoking listen. So much to mull over here. Insta-classic episode
Bill Condor
2024-08-18 22:52:07 +0000 UTCSet your player to 1.25x speed. Speeded up will remind you of the BEE on podcast one
T Frick
2024-08-18 21:46:03 +0000 UTCThanks for the tip, Darren!
Dave
2024-08-18 18:02:27 +0000 UTCLeonard Wolff’s memoirs are wonderful reads.
Dave
2024-08-18 18:01:26 +0000 UTCAn enjoyable interview. I'm looking forward to seeing more filmmakers on the podcast and hearing Bret discuss movies with other artists.
Darren
2024-08-18 17:46:34 +0000 UTCUnrelated. There’s a deep treasure trove of interviews with authors. Go the your smart phone Podcast app. Search “Bookworm”. The scroll is seemingly endless. (There is a Bookworm website too) Anyway. You’ll find things like Joyce Carol Oates discussing Blonde , Franzen discussing The Corrections. Bret is in there , an interview where he discusses Galmorama, another where he discusses The Informers, … another about Lunar Park. All through the years. Joan Didion is in there. Robert Stone. Thomas McGuane. Amis. David Foster Wallace discussing Infinite Jest before it “hit”. Editor Gordon Lish. Rick Moody. Michael Chabon You get the point. I just found this and saved about 50 interviews to savor. Oh - Pauline kael I see in the archive. And Camille Paglia discussing Sexual Personae upon its release etc etc
Darren Ankenman
2024-08-17 14:46:35 +0000 UTCCoincidentally just read Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse.. and like Bret I didn't feel much from it. Bret seemed fresh and spry with a guest, nice break from Q&A
Charlie C
2024-08-16 14:45:23 +0000 UTCI suppose it wasn't the content. It was the delivery.
Allan Sherwood
2024-08-16 02:41:12 +0000 UTCIt’s because he’s Finnish
Rayman
2024-08-15 21:41:50 +0000 UTCThey spoke about films and literature — pretty much de rigeur for this podcast. What exactly did you want them to discuss?
Justin
2024-08-15 19:47:22 +0000 UTCI think Brokeback holds up. It’s moving to see the moments when Heath Ledger’s cowboy stoicism cracks revealing his childlike emotional vulnerability. A young Michelle Williams is really compelling as well. That being said, the sex scene is lame. Rushed, in a tent, seems like shame overrides pleasure. As Bret said, the real erotic core of the film is the kiss in back yard. Their chemistry is electric and Ang Lee had the potential to push boundaries with an unapologetic depiction of gay sex. But of course that would have scared off actors/distributors/audience and killed Oscar buzz. And here we are. But maybe I’m biased: lack of gay sex is my problem with most “gay” (or gay adjacent) movies (cough cough Challengers!) Me watching Challengers: Can’t they just fuck already??? 😂
Mike
2024-08-15 15:03:54 +0000 UTCNo offense to Bret or the guest, but I made three attempts at listening to this one, but fell asleep each time. Something about the guest’s voice was very monotone and expressionless. Like the the ones who do those narrations to lull you to sleep.
Allan Sherwood
2024-08-15 04:26:14 +0000 UTCGreat interview, and I will probably go see this movie now. What makes Brett such a great interviewer is his openness to hearing opinions other than his own. The answer to the question about straight actors playing gay characters was very thoughtful and nuanced, showing that it is a complicated issue. Whatever you want to call what’s happening in the corporate media nowadays, there’s no denying that they’ve chosen to placate a vocal minority of their audience who demand an oversimplified vision of the world that leaves no space for discussing complicated questions like the ones Brett gets into with his best guests.
Someone Else
2024-08-14 22:59:04 +0000 UTCI just wanna hear Bret expound for a solid hour on The Indian Temperament.
Dodge Zelko
2024-08-14 20:07:17 +0000 UTCTerrific guest
Oscar
2024-08-14 19:29:16 +0000 UTCBret’s back
Tyler Bolinger
2024-08-14 17:45:25 +0000 UTCam going to listen on my run. will say more later, after my run.
richard owain roberts
2024-08-14 16:48:27 +0000 UTC
