S8E29: Tripping Down Memory Lane
Added 2024-08-06 11:04:51 +0000 UTCBret laments the uncertain fates of two Los Angeles landmarks, balks at a recent remake and revels in a listener's love for a dead Italian author as he responds to questions from Platinum members on the air.
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I didn't even mind how cartoony it felt with the CGI overload. I just wanted more Fury Road, and it delivered.
Louis
2024-08-30 11:06:12 +0000 UTCThe first place I lived in the city of LA (having grown up elsewhere in the same county) was Westwood, a few years after the time Bret mentioned. I went to a lot of movies then, since there were so many fine cinemas in walking distance. In other words: I agree with him on that nostalgic place and era.
J Hay
2024-08-30 04:14:28 +0000 UTCI’ve been anxiously awaiting your comments for YEARS!
J Hay
2024-08-30 04:04:11 +0000 UTCTheater of Blood is good, clever, and the priceless Vincent Price is great in it :)
J Hay
2024-08-30 04:02:36 +0000 UTCI live in West Hollywood, and I used to live in Los Feliz (which is where The Vista actual exists), and I lived in Silver Lake. Yeah, it’s not a big deal to drive there.
J Hay
2024-08-30 04:00:18 +0000 UTC@Brett we must have been in the same theater ... "This is for you Damien, It's all for you"
M Robbins
2024-08-19 20:35:27 +0000 UTCFuriosa was actually great. I dont get all the hate. Way better than Dune 2 IMO.
Alexander Quattlander
2024-08-18 14:55:37 +0000 UTCThought La Chimera was wonderful, a heady, bruised, melancholy journey with a dreamlike ending. Maybe Bret will have a Tar-like change of heart…
GC
2024-08-12 17:41:07 +0000 UTCI never get tired of listening to Bret talk. Even if it’s about some obscure filmmaker I have no interest in. Although I would have loved to hear more about his thoughts on Josh O’Connor in Challengers. Patrick Zweig is the fantasy, the antidote to my very boring, over 40s dating life.
Phoenix
2024-08-11 23:51:29 +0000 UTCagree, and he’s not a robot he’s a human going through a season in life. I find him intellectually irresistible. I’m here for the long haul.
Sodaheiress
2024-08-11 05:51:19 +0000 UTCor from watching Seal Team.
Sodaheiress
2024-08-11 05:47:16 +0000 UTCBret’s laugh when Adam doesn’t know what it’s about is hilarious.
Sodaheiress
2024-08-11 05:44:31 +0000 UTCI’m still waiting for Carnation Breakfast Bars and pudding pops to come back. I think I’m outta luck.
Sodaheiress
2024-08-11 05:42:23 +0000 UTCI second Life of Oharu, have seen it a dozen times, it's a titanic achievement. BEE should probably take a gummie first. Tragedy at its finest.
T Frick
2024-08-10 17:21:43 +0000 UTCBret taking the time and effort to perfectly and elegantly describe "INSIDE OUT" to Adam, only to have it quickly dismissed as "HERMAN's HEAD", thereby leading to a convo about ORBITZ and MANNEQUIN 2 is killing me. 😂
Johnny Blade
2024-08-10 12:30:11 +0000 UTCThat's excellent news to hear about Zahler. I love his three movies, but i almost thought he'd never be able to make a fourth
David Morgan-Brown
2024-08-10 02:02:13 +0000 UTCYou are suffering from the disease known as nostalgia I suffer from it too but you must resist !!! It’s not good !!
Harold B
2024-08-09 21:53:15 +0000 UTCTough but fair
Harold B
2024-08-09 21:52:09 +0000 UTCIf he did an hour monologue about the Pioneer Woman from the Food Network, I'd even enjoy that. Actually, that would be awesome.
Sértő-Radics Sarolta
2024-08-09 17:03:56 +0000 UTCYeah. It’s incredible.
Darren Ankenman
2024-08-09 16:04:31 +0000 UTCBring back prologues (a la Footlight Parade)
Kristeen
2024-08-09 14:42:04 +0000 UTClol
FlyingWaffle
2024-08-09 13:17:24 +0000 UTCI read "Where Are You Going..." again almost every year. Classic piece of suburban noir/suburban gothic fiction. I recall Bret saying that Blonde was the first and only thing he had read of Oates. We all have gaps in our reading experience, but I'm really surprised he hadn't read Oates much earlier.
Billy Schafer
2024-08-09 12:12:58 +0000 UTCWhat? That’s crazy! What’s youtube?
Jim Weaver
2024-08-09 11:55:43 +0000 UTCyour audio program most likely has this thing where you can skip ahead... like you could skip 5 seconds or 30 minutes. There are probably even youtube videos on how to do it.
Poetical Gore
2024-08-09 03:30:37 +0000 UTCor maybe you just don't listen and every one else can who wants to.
Poetical Gore
2024-08-09 03:28:43 +0000 UTCI think about that Oates story so often. The unnerving feeling I got when I read it for the first time 30 years ago has never left me
Kerry
2024-08-08 23:03:49 +0000 UTCLet’s get Bret on letterboxd.
Justin
2024-08-08 22:40:09 +0000 UTCTo the person who asked about the story The Swimmer by Cheever, another killer story that packs a life long punch would be Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates
Darren Ankenman
2024-08-08 20:49:20 +0000 UTCMoravia’s Time of Indifference is arguably his greatest book — his first novel, he was an enfant prodige hence the later Italian comparisons with BEE — and also the early short stories are absolutely classics. His later work — the novels mentioned by BEE here — go from excellent to very solid. The final works, not so much, and I’m not sure they’ve even been translated. Re: the translations, it’s weird that AM and his then wife Elsa Morante were very close friends of William Weaver, genius translator, but he translated very few of their works (he did English language versions of all of Calvino, Eco, then some Gadda, and also some Bassani, Pirandello).
Matteo Persivale
2024-08-08 19:36:41 +0000 UTCFor anyone interested in Moravia, I definitely recommend The Conformist. It’s probably been ten years, but I don’t recall any issues with the translation (by Tami Calliope). Boredom and Contempt are also well worth reading. I seem to remember preferring the latter but, again, it’s been a while. Boredom was also made into a film btw, as L’ ennui (1998).
Stuart Chivers
2024-08-08 18:29:19 +0000 UTCSlow start, stronger finish, and hopefully the end of the malaisey days of summer.
Jim Weaver
2024-08-08 18:13:55 +0000 UTCBrett took his first question at 45 minutes, think positive kids.
Jim Weaver
2024-08-08 17:29:29 +0000 UTCI am 30 minutes in and still waiting for Bret to stop talking about two movie theaters. Hope springs eternal.
Jim Weaver
2024-08-08 17:09:10 +0000 UTCNow I’m wondering if it even WAS chicken tenders. You never know with writers. Adam had to remind him.
Jack Wheatley
2024-08-08 17:00:57 +0000 UTCIf Lynch was directing the tv adaptation of the Shards, Bret would be playing himself.
FlyingWaffle
2024-08-08 13:54:32 +0000 UTCYou can get that same serotonin boost from watching road house.
Lionel
2024-08-08 13:49:17 +0000 UTCYou guys are too much today lol Brett literally said a ton of guests are coming. It’s not for a lack of interest he’s just really picky. Why so much fan rage ?
Harold B
2024-08-08 13:42:46 +0000 UTCI also have only watched Ugetsu (1953), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954). The latter is really a masterpiece. The old Roadhouse is also a zillion times more entertaining than the remake, very violent and gripping.
FlyingWaffle
2024-08-08 13:33:17 +0000 UTCPlenty of hot dripping honey at the BEE hive today ...
JEREMY ROBERTS
2024-08-08 07:54:10 +0000 UTCTotally
N.M. Janice.
2024-08-08 06:23:40 +0000 UTCJenny Lewis is a major Eagles fan. Maybe she would be another good musician to have on following your fantastic Susanna Hoffs episode. Probably lots of good stuff about being a child star in the 80s too!
Dominic Dilullo
2024-08-08 05:52:57 +0000 UTCI laugh at that too. It really isn’t. Bret seems like it’s a chore to step foot outside West Hollywood.
N.M. Janice.
2024-08-08 05:37:02 +0000 UTCSo funny 😂
Sodaheiress
2024-08-08 05:35:53 +0000 UTCTwisters is totally worth seeing in the theater, as Bret said, it’s a movie made for the theater. It’s good. Fabulous, no, but definitely a good theater movie. And, gotta support the theaters staying open. It might never be what it once was, but still enjoyable
Sodaheiress
2024-08-08 05:35:11 +0000 UTCSilverlake is not that far from Doheny and Sunset lol.
Sodaheiress
2024-08-08 05:24:26 +0000 UTCAs you know, I’ve also been listening since Podcast One. I have terrible insomnia, sometimes I’ll zone out and it relaxes me…. I’ll eventually sleep (when the ep is over)
M. Nero Nava
2024-08-08 05:23:41 +0000 UTCI have been listening to the show since the very first episode on Podcast One, and I gotta say that I just enjoy hearing Bret talk. I love hearing about old LA and Pauline Kael etc. Also, in a world that is so intense, loud and divisive, Bret’s low key apathy and malaise is somehow soothing.
N.M. Janice.
2024-08-08 03:58:00 +0000 UTCThe nerve!
Alex
2024-08-08 03:56:59 +0000 UTCThe dread that Bret feels is Todd is coming back and that’s not good
Mister Farkel
2024-08-08 03:36:32 +0000 UTCFar too many Q&A’s. I remember 5/6 years ago we would only get a couple a year (if that) and because it was such a rarity it was always a great listen. There was a mystique about Bret that was always appealing, now we have all become intimately aware of his personal and everyday life and it’s borderline parasocial. These constant Q&A’s clearly do not excite Bret, and he is just phoning it in at this point. A guest keeps him on his toes and the amount of research he does is always commendable. You’re telling me you can’t find anyone to interview? I’m not paying to listen to Adam bro out.
RFR
2024-08-07 23:45:13 +0000 UTCJosh O’Connor is a good actor. Would be great to see him cast in a BEE project. Going to check out Theatre of Blood. Thanks for the recommendation.
Darren
2024-08-07 21:59:19 +0000 UTCI drank an Orbitz ONCE (it was "Pineapple Banana Cherry Coconut" flavor) thanks to my estranged aunt who would occasionally mail me and my siblings cool stuff. It was weird, but I really enjoyed it. I Google it every once in a while hoping for a return 💔
Louis
2024-08-07 21:40:28 +0000 UTCBret, have you read Harlan Ellison's essay about attending a screening of "The Omen"? It was in one of his essay collections, maybe "An Edge in My Voice"? It'd be hilarious if you two attended the same screening.
Neil Anderson
2024-08-07 20:41:45 +0000 UTCI'm way younger than Bret and I'm not from the US, but I found Bret's trip down memory lane deeply comforting. I don't know why, but stories set in the LA of the past, e.g. "The Shards", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" or "Babylon", really do it for me :D
Lukas
2024-08-07 20:20:53 +0000 UTCStill get a kick out of the chicken tenders story!
Ryan Peck
2024-08-07 20:12:07 +0000 UTCBret disgusted by people eating popcorn in the theater 😂
Dave Mason
2024-08-07 20:07:47 +0000 UTCWould a movie like Porky’s have premiered at the Village? I know it was one of the most successful comedies of 1982 & a premiere there makes sense, given the theatre capacity. Genuinely curious if anyone knows the answer
Ryan Peck
2024-08-07 19:06:15 +0000 UTCI loved the episode. Only boring people get bored. Look within, you entitled parasocial vampire.
Senseless
2024-08-07 19:04:25 +0000 UTCI love hearing about the movie theater nostalgia but the vibe lately is giving “shhh…an oldhead is speaking 🤫🤫”
maddie
2024-08-07 17:38:51 +0000 UTCI second Bret that trying to get back in shape is good to get over mood swings. Nothing like a serotonin/dopamine boost from an intense workout.
FlyingWaffle
2024-08-07 16:49:06 +0000 UTCYea, and it's not under Bret's control that things are always slower in summer when it comes to good movies, guests, etc. I'm personally always interested to hear about past and present LA.
FlyingWaffle
2024-08-07 16:18:07 +0000 UTCam going to listen on my run. will say more later, after my run.
richard owain roberts
2024-08-07 16:08:23 +0000 UTCTotally agree. The pod is never boring to me and Brett always has interesting things to say about pop culture.
Dan
2024-08-07 16:07:37 +0000 UTCA couple people are saying this episode was boring or “same old” stuff. I disagree, I don’t mind BEE touching on topics, or updating us on how feels about stuff we recommended. He also sounds in better spirits, so that made me feel good. Furthermore, the whole show is about him talking about art and its place in culture. He also made some cool suggestions. I think the show is pretty consistent even with everything happening.
M. Nero Nava
2024-08-07 15:22:49 +0000 UTCSaying this with the best possible intentions but I really think a pause on the pod would do no harm.
Neil boorman
2024-08-07 09:55:04 +0000 UTCStreet of Shame is fantastic
souleraser
2024-08-07 07:41:36 +0000 UTCBoring episode. Just treading water. Same old topics: the decline of LA movie theaters, the Cassanova film he hasn't seen yet, Pauline Kael, etc.
Steve
2024-08-07 02:47:54 +0000 UTCMizoguchi recommendations for you Brett - you really can’t go wrong with any of them, though his catalogue is vast and many of his are lost to time, but I would highly recommend the following outside of the two you already mentioned - Osaka Elegy, Sisters of the Gion, Crucified Lovers and last but not least, Street of Shame (The Life of Oharu is incredible too but it’s hard going). I think my favourite now is Street of Shame which was his last film. Remarkable
Dan
2024-08-06 13:40:50 +0000 UTC
