B.E.E. Podcast Cyber Receipt - 3/7/21 - Ryan Leone
Added 2021-03-20 21:19:21 +0000 UTCThank you for your pledge! Ryan was a true gentleman and a breeze to record with. It's the first weekend of spring '21 and to celebrate the birds/bees/flowers/whatever we have a new episode for you with some fresh new Shards and a young filmmaker who emerged from the Florida swamp and is swiftly making a name for himself in the Hollywood swamp... Gold coming at you in a few hours, Silver on Sunday. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay groovy. We love you.
Comments
He's done the podcast. It was very interesting especially about financing since Baker has worked on microbudgets. I wouldn't mind hearing from him again.
BUtterfield8
2021-03-23 06:52:46 +0000 UTCHey Bret, I enjoyed your interview with Ryan though I was slightly unconvinced that his videos of him doing drugs were as organic and candid as he claimed (which is likely just me being petty) but I enjoyed his candor nonetheless and I purchased his book. There are three films I watched recently that I found aged better over time that I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on: Sam Mendes’ American Beauty, Woody Allen’s Radio Days, and Barry Levinson’s Avalon. I just rewatched American Beauty last night and was struck by how salient the imagery and themes were and how they blended together to create such a prophetic portrait of things to come and more importantly the tone and style that carried the film through some of its weaker moments. I was also struck by how you could absolutely never make that movie today given it’s unabashed satirical nuance and somewhat sympathetic portrait of a 40 year old man obsessing over a teenager. Radio Days and Avalon are very similar movies both concerning the creep of attention grabbing mediums (Radio and TV) into the cultural lexicon but done so through rose colored glasses that communicated a love for the times in which they were set. No real question here I suppose but I’d enjoy hearing your thoughts on these films and more specifically their themes and how they may or may not relate to the present moment. I love The Shards and can’t remember the last time I looked forward to episodes of anything this much. Also, did you ever think you’d see the day Dr. Seuss was more controversial than American Psycho?
Ziggy Sawdust
2021-03-21 18:07:26 +0000 UTCI thought he might have! Been a listener since the beginning, I’ve lost track a bit...
Casey
2021-03-21 03:10:12 +0000 UTCSean Baker had already been on the podcast.
Nick Milligan
2021-03-21 03:07:13 +0000 UTCSame thought. I wonder if Bret knows Cory Finley, who wrote and directed Thoroughbreds... I remember him having lunch with a film director that fits this weekend’s preview. Robert Eggers, Ari Aster, Safdies, George Saunders, Jennifer Egan, Gillian Flynn, Jonathan Ames, Franzen, Bill Maher, Brian Koppelman, Alec Baldwin, Richard Prince ...
Brian Rooney
2021-03-21 02:36:36 +0000 UTCIt says Baker is from New Jersey, but would be cool if he were the guest.
The Auteurist
2021-03-21 01:05:53 +0000 UTCSean Baker?
Casey
2021-03-20 23:10:47 +0000 UTCBring forth the new pod haha xoxox
Erick
2021-03-20 21:34:40 +0000 UTC
