S8E12: A Fly on the Wall with Lance Oppenheim
Added 2024-04-09 04:20:26 +0000 UTCDocumentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim returns to the show and talks with Bret about preserving entropy in Spermworld, inadvertently betraying the expectations of his subjects and watching dreams die on reality television.
Listen to Lance's prior appearance from 2021: B.E.E. Podcast 3/21/21
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Great show!!
Dana Wallace
2024-08-03 16:10:14 +0000 UTCDNF - dry, too long on his documentaries without explaining what they are about.
James Kennedy
2024-05-09 07:50:38 +0000 UTCDuh, I got my grizzlies mixed up. So he described Project Grizzly, which I saw as a kid.
Chris S.
2024-04-19 12:47:58 +0000 UTCThat wasn’t Grizzly Man. The guy (and his partner) on that Herzog doc didn’t have special anti-bear clothing/gear.
J Hay
2024-04-19 04:25:21 +0000 UTCClu Gulager is, indeed, John Gulager’s dad. They used to be seen at my local Astro Burger. Clu died a couple of years ago, in his 90s. He’s in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
J Hay
2024-04-19 04:24:00 +0000 UTCDuh-KNEE VILL-nuhv
J Hay
2024-04-19 04:18:28 +0000 UTCDrank some beer and ate schnitzel!
Jack
2024-04-18 14:58:09 +0000 UTCWhat was he saying about a doc he wanted to do... and then described Grizzly Man?
Chris S.
2024-04-17 22:06:51 +0000 UTCI watched Spermworld after listening to this. Compelling doc and beautifully shot!
Rebecca
2024-04-17 17:48:47 +0000 UTCWould also be a great casting for True Detective if Nick ever took the helm again.
BrienPiechos
2024-04-16 02:04:38 +0000 UTCAnd then one day, for no reason whatsoever, the people of Germany....
BrienPiechos
2024-04-16 02:03:47 +0000 UTCit is called Straight for Sperm.... gay for pay and straight for sperm!
Poetical Gore
2024-04-15 20:06:30 +0000 UTCWould be an instant top 5 episode for me. Also Vincent knows a thing or two about DIY sperm donation if you're familiar with his website.
Casey
2024-04-15 03:03:47 +0000 UTCit is an objectively horrible attempt at an experimental film, and to suggest it is good is a scientific foray into pseudo intellectualism...so you are objectively wrong, regardless of what you say...but nice try 😂😂
Neil G.
2024-04-14 23:50:51 +0000 UTCThey broke up
Happyhead
2024-04-13 14:07:12 +0000 UTCIn sex addicts anonymous they teach you that whenever you’re feeling the urge to see a prostitute just jerk off and the PNC will set in and kill the urge.
Happyhead
2024-04-13 14:06:40 +0000 UTCThe Spanish original is wonderful too.
Thomas Edwards
2024-04-13 12:47:16 +0000 UTCWe'll have to agree to disagree. I love the ending
Alex Waller
2024-04-12 21:51:04 +0000 UTCThe last 20 minutes of the movie are very bad, exposition heavy. What makes the movie interesting is its turn from a totally earnest early ‘00s rom-com (complete with Peter Gabriel cornball soundtrack) into a pretty disturbing psychological horror flick — it’s just that the movie doesn’t really commit to this tonal transformation and resorts to a tacked-on happy, redemptive ending for Cruise. I watched it back to back with Eyes Wide Shut last month, and in that context Vanilla Sky comes off as somehow both really confused and totally obvious.
Chris N
2024-04-12 18:34:33 +0000 UTCi think they’re rumoured to have fallen out…
Lara
2024-04-12 18:17:39 +0000 UTCI will fully admit that I used to pronounce Warren Beatty that way as well... until about 10 years ago max hahaha
Reno D.
2024-04-12 12:07:18 +0000 UTCYes he brought that up afterward. I wasn't sure if he was serious or not with his pronounciation. I'm so used to hear Villeneuve's name being butchered, I was surprised that Bret got it right the first time
Reno D.
2024-04-12 12:05:47 +0000 UTCI think Lance was gently poking fun at a YouTuber who genuinely could not pronounce the name and had multiple attempts. Wonderful guest BTW.
James__
2024-04-12 10:23:14 +0000 UTCRight! Why not?
Marthe Beckers
2024-04-12 09:59:12 +0000 UTCI think he was mispronouncing it as a joke. Guest said warren Beatty wrong though which was wild.
Stephen
2024-04-12 09:25:04 +0000 UTCWatched his doc tonight after hearing this. He is super talented.
Nick
2024-04-12 04:48:41 +0000 UTCBret saying "Villeneuve" more or less properly and the guest "correcting" him with a pronounciation completely off was quite a reversal of what we're used to 🤣 I had a big laugh.
Reno D.
2024-04-12 02:47:03 +0000 UTCWhy not both?
Patrick
2024-04-12 01:22:04 +0000 UTCExcited to hear Bret mention the directorial gig is looking likely, with a potential November start. I hope we hear more about the pre-production of "Relapse" in future episodes.
Darren
2024-04-11 23:19:16 +0000 UTCExcellent guest, again! 🙌
Patrick
2024-04-11 23:05:37 +0000 UTCClosest a straight guy can get to feeling asexual.
Keith campbell
2024-04-11 14:14:57 +0000 UTCPlease try to have one of the Safdie brothers as a future guest! Would be awesome
Marthe Beckers
2024-04-11 08:54:52 +0000 UTCI haven't heard his previous episode with Bret, but I'm assuming he was asked there.
John Q. Thompson
2024-04-11 05:59:08 +0000 UTCWould love to hear from him!
John Q. Thompson
2024-04-11 05:58:31 +0000 UTCSame. Really need a new, fresh B.E.E. adaptation out there on TV/streaming/film.
John Q. Thompson
2024-04-11 05:57:25 +0000 UTCSome great doc recos in this and the earlier episode.
Brian James
2024-04-11 05:22:34 +0000 UTCGood convo
Constantine
2024-04-11 01:26:48 +0000 UTCam going to listen on my run. will say more later, after my run.
richard owain roberts
2024-04-10 21:28:39 +0000 UTCPost-nut clarity is very real. Turned down sex many times after nutting because I've lost the lust.
John Q. Thompson
2024-04-10 20:17:17 +0000 UTCMust be nice.
John Q. Thompson
2024-04-10 19:52:39 +0000 UTC100% agree
Marthe Beckers
2024-04-10 17:59:55 +0000 UTCAwesome! The original Lance Oppenheim episode was one of my favorites ever. Excited to listen to this one
Sean Preston
2024-04-10 16:47:12 +0000 UTCI need shards HBO updates I’m going crazy over here
MB
2024-04-10 16:36:49 +0000 UTCHaven’t listened yet but just realised Vincent Gallo would be a superb guest
Reservoir Frog
2024-04-10 16:18:37 +0000 UTCA brilliant film. It’s genuinely ambitious and avant-garde, not sure how he even got to “guilty pleasure”
Moz
2024-04-09 22:36:30 +0000 UTC“constantly congratulated and thanked profusely for ejaculating” 😂
Ashley
2024-04-09 21:53:23 +0000 UTCgay for pay and non lesbian for baby....the world is just fine
Poetical Gore
2024-04-09 20:48:30 +0000 UTCWhat does he think about the Eagles?
Moz
2024-04-09 20:23:32 +0000 UTCVanilla Sky is awesome and a great movie, no need for the "guilty pleasure" qualifier
Alex Waller
2024-04-09 15:37:44 +0000 UTC56:00 Bret brings up lesbians who go straight to get a baby, an interesting counterpoint to last week’s straight dudes going gay for pay.
Keith campbell
2024-04-09 14:23:49 +0000 UTCGreat guest
Ddppaarrkk
2024-04-09 14:20:31 +0000 UTC
