The B.E.E. Podcast - 11/15/20 - Sean Durkin - SILVER
Added 2020-11-16 02:30:43 +0000 UTCAn odd pursuit down Ventura Boulevard culminates near the food court at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Part 6 of The Shards. Filmmaker Sean Durkin and Bret discuss the autobiographical elements of The Nest, Hitchcock's The Birds as a crude vision of Hell and the complicated culpability of sex cult followers.
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I very much appreciated the discussion of "Shoot the Moon" which I saw right when it came out. An incredible movie, excellent performances, but hardly ever talked about.
Sheryl Holland
2022-08-14 00:45:49 +0000 UTCOne of my very favorites. I prefer the long cut, but either one is still great.
BUtterfield8
2020-12-02 09:54:56 +0000 UTCDon't delay!
Alethia St. Joan
2020-11-28 21:05:30 +0000 UTCBret’s reaction to Sean saying he liked “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” was priceless, and the opening was my favorite chapter yet, but yeah man Sean needed a cup of coffee or something
Anthony Giancola
2020-11-28 18:08:31 +0000 UTCBook excerpt is great. Guest was stunningly boring. He didn't say one interesting thing in over an hour. That's hard to do.
Steve
2020-11-26 03:41:05 +0000 UTCNever watched a Cassavetes film yet. A first watch will be delayed surely now.
Tom Davidson
2020-11-23 04:09:56 +0000 UTCThe Killing of a Chinese Bookie by Cassavetes still one of the great LA movies and Ben Gazzara in it ! Have another look Bret 😀
J Allen
2020-11-22 13:39:39 +0000 UTCLove the pod! Support forever! 🤟
Paul Wasowicz
2020-11-22 03:00:29 +0000 UTCI wish Bret would go on that podcast! He'd probably have a great chat with Joe Dante about movies. As long as they both avoid politics.
Billy Schafer
2020-11-21 22:49:57 +0000 UTCWho knows where movies will be after the pandemic ends. Difficult to say for sure. For me, I think about whether the audience will actually be there to pack into the big franchise films like they were before. We've had this terrible pandemic, add to that Marvel had their penultimate avengers film, and the new Star Wars trilogy finished up. I think there's actually a case that this current era of franchise film domination may be coming to an end.
Alex Waller
2020-11-21 00:15:15 +0000 UTCI thought Durkin was okay. They were able to have a decent discussion about movies and Durkin said what he thought for the most part. I actually think the directors are usually always pretty good guests, Bogdanovich, Carpenter, and Schrader were all good episodes for sure. Actors can definitely be boring but Illeana Douglas was a great episode
Alex Waller
2020-11-21 00:07:24 +0000 UTCI completely agree: actors and most directors make incredibly dull guests, and Durkin is one of the most boring interviews I've ever heard on this pod. Bret tried to carry the conversation as much as he could, but it just dragged. Please get more lowbrow writers, critics, personalities, etc. Really enjoying The Shards ✌.
Gabriel Jones
2020-11-20 22:10:19 +0000 UTCI'm loving the book, I look forward to it every two weeks. I'm currently in the South Pacific so I don't get it until Monday my time. What I have realized with the podcast is that I love the book, love the monologues, but the guests are hit or miss. I seem to enjoy the literary and offbeat guests like Anna Khackyan(sp?) but can't stand most Hollywood types. Every actor/director is so goddamn dull, nothing exciting or interesting to say. I've heard better conversations between drunken Marines in San Clemente divebars.
Alexandru Constantin
2020-11-20 00:26:47 +0000 UTCSame. While I enjoy and agree with Brets political takes the book is the best thing I've heard on a podcast.
Alexandru Constantin
2020-11-20 00:20:05 +0000 UTCI beg to differ. Unless it was meant to be sarcastic
Samuel Setenyi
2020-11-19 17:40:24 +0000 UTCWe need a new intro. This “book” means nothing to me. We need Bret to update us on politics, COVID, state of the nation and movies!
Knokkel knokkel
2020-11-19 12:14:20 +0000 UTC1) Of course Robert Mallory drives a Porsche 911 2) Is this also the mall where the scene in "Commando" was filmed? The picture sure looks like the courtyard where Arnold swung down from the top level. 3) I wish we could get to know Debbie, Tom, and Susan more. I want to see them fleshed out more as real people, but I understand they ARE real people so maybe they shouldn't be exposed too much. 4) Tom Wright is becoming my hero, even though I don't know all that much about him. I think he's too good for Susan. 5) I'm dreading where this is leading. Mallory is a new definition of creepy.
Chris Gerard
2020-11-18 21:49:36 +0000 UTCThe Shards - yeah. We finally have a BEE book where the narrative is more important than style. BEE is finally a storyteller! Love it.
JEREMY ROBERTS
2020-11-18 17:47:24 +0000 UTCDurkin not convincing about Three Women. No chance he's seen it haha
D B
2020-11-18 16:16:17 +0000 UTCSo Franzen’s new book is October 2021. And hopefully Bret’s serial is published as a book next year too. Literature is not dead! (Or at least not dead yet for a white dude like myself)
Brian Rooney
2020-11-18 13:53:49 +0000 UTC“Bummed girls think of throwing parties all the time.”
Christopher Hooton
2020-11-17 19:12:40 +0000 UTCThe book chapter was very engrossing this week. One thing that annoyed me (as a Brit) was Bret TWICE referring to Hitchcock as “an American filmmaker” - HE’S OURS! 😂
Reservoir Frog
2020-11-17 17:54:47 +0000 UTCAlthough I thought this segment - with it's macho car wars and ice cream in hand mall wooing - pushed believability, it was still engaging as hell and the tension is amping up! It's genius how each segment feels complete/satisfying in it's own way while forwarding the story and leaving you wanting more. I feel like all those failed TV scripts have had a big effect on Bret's writing in terms of plotting this.
Billy Vega
2020-11-17 12:12:06 +0000 UTCWhoa, I got some serious douche chills listening to this guest. However, I’m really enjoying “Shards” and think it was an awesome idea to serialize the rough draft like this.
Klintorious
2020-11-17 09:44:58 +0000 UTCThat’s correct, each part is available in the first hour of each of the last six pods. I’m sure it’ll become more widely available down the line.
Tyler Zalac
2020-11-17 07:30:15 +0000 UTCI want to listen to this new book he's doing on this podcast, but, confusing to find it? is it JUST this episode? and anyway to load this into my Spotify podcast player? probably not eh?
CRAIG GLASPELL
2020-11-17 03:45:31 +0000 UTCGreat movies list from Sean Durkin. Very eclectic. The Goonies was in my video rental rotation back in the late ‘80s as a kid. I understand how twenty-one-year-old Bret in 1985 shrugged it off as a silly juvenile fantasy – which it is – but I think he might have a greater appreciation for it today in the wake of entertainment being rigorously sanitized and diluted so nobody gets “triggered.” The Goonies is full of off-color humor, gags, and scares. The penis of the mini David statue breaking off and then the kids gluing it back on – upside down. Corey Feldman “translating” for the Spanish-speaking housekeeper. The kids frequently exclaiming “Oh, Shit!” The Fratellis threatening to mangle a child’s hand in a blender, while their hideously deformed brother/son is chained up in a basement. The Goonies is an “empire” movie; a relic of the analogue era when kids movies weren’t afraid to be a bit edgy and crass. Steven Spielberg, Richard Donner, and Chris Columbus didn’t patronize their audience. They knew kids – especially pre-teen boys – could be crude and sarcastic, and that they also understood the world was scary, and that the bad guys weren’t just bad, but sadistic (“Hit puree!!!”) If Bret gave Goonies another try today, I think he might actually find it sort of refreshing – silly, but refreshing.
Billy Schafer
2020-11-17 00:26:03 +0000 UTCAlso, the desecration of the Griffin statue reminded me of the Mary statue desecration in The Exorcist.
John
2020-11-17 00:17:39 +0000 UTCI've seen a bunch of articles today about Bret serializing the book. Almost seems like the press waited until the title was released today to talk about it. Not sure if it was intentional to hold out until the sixth installment to release the title or if Bret just came up with it, but this experiment is extremely rewarding so far.
Charlie C
2020-11-16 22:15:43 +0000 UTCThe intros are interesting and provide more detail/context for the serialisation - it's almost like a DVD commentary. 'The Shards' is a cool title too. I enjoyed the conversation with Sean - it reminded me of the podcast with Eugene, nice to hear Bret discuss movies with younger filmmakers.
Bazayer
2020-11-16 21:00:55 +0000 UTCDid they ever post a schedule? I'd like to know when the Friday the 13th Part 4 commentary is coming.
BZ00000
2020-11-16 19:53:21 +0000 UTCThis series is the best the podcast has ever been.
Richie Laufman (Dixie who went Yank)
2020-11-16 18:03:06 +0000 UTCDid Bret’s mall encounter remind anyone else of the stalking mall scene in De Palma’s Body Double?
Tom Davidson
2020-11-16 10:02:58 +0000 UTCAbsolutely loving this serialisation. Please publish too and publicise it via an exhaustive world tour - after this year, you might actually enjoy it 😊
Lee Lawrence
2020-11-16 07:40:52 +0000 UTCIn which we pull back on the pace of plot and build tensions and learn more about Bret. Amazing and was feverishly waiting for this to drop today. Clock set for 2 weeks....
Kerry
2020-11-16 04:07:49 +0000 UTCI love the thumbnail photo.
Nick Not Nolte
2020-11-16 02:33:16 +0000 UTCStop with the spoiler alerts dude!
Alexander Quattlander
2020-11-16 02:32:02 +0000 UTC
