Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
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B.E.E. - Dana Brunetti - 6/12/17
Film Producer Dana Brunetti and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the demise of the movie theater experience, Alec Baldwin, House of Cards and making The Social Network. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Walter Hill - 5/1/17
Walter Hill and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Assignment, identity politics, Sam Peckinpah and directing Eddie Murphy in 48 Hours. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Andrew McCarthy - 4/17/17
Andrew McCarthy and Bret Easton Ellis discuss making Less Than Zero, Leonardo DiCaprio, the ending of Pretty in Pink and travel writing. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Sam Outlaw - 3/27/17
Musician Sam Outlaw and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the moral superiority movement, leaving an advertising career to focus on music, the role of a record producer and The Boys of Summer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Mick Garris - 3/13/17
Mick Garris and Bret Easton Ellis discuss adapting the works of Stephen King, the pessimism of horror, the Psycho shower scene and Wes Craven. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Laura Jane Grace - 12/19/16
Laura Jane Grace and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the artistic benefits of being bullied, Caitlyn Jenner, the record vs. the single and Butch Vig. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Owen Gleiberman - 12/5/16
Film critic Owen Gleiberman and Bret Easton Ellis discuss fanboy culture, Carrie, Jonathan Demme and criticism functioning as marketing. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Anne Heche - 11/21/16
Anne Heche and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the career effects of being in a high-profile gay relationship in Hollywood, equality in the film industry, the decline of the movie set experience and Aftermath. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Mark Duplass - 10/31/16
Mark Duplass and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Blue Jay, the struggles of working within the studio system, making movies for Netflix and Togetherness. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Paul Schrader - 10/17/16
Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis discuss American Gigolo, Dog Eat Dog, screenwriting as oral tradition and Steven Spielberg. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Larry Clark - 9/26/16
Larry Clark and Bret Easton Ellis discuss making Bully, photographing Tulsa, controversy as a gateway to success and John Cassavetes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Moby - 9/12/16
Moby and Bret Easton Ellis discuss writing memoir, John Cheever, the success of Play and Bob Seger. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Peter Bogdanovich - 8/15/16
Peter Bogdanovich and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Last Picture Show, turning down The Godfather, Sue Mengers and technology in filmmaking. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Alex Gibney - 7/25/16
Alex Gibney and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Zero Days, the dangers of secrecy, The Jinx and the manipulation of truth in documentaries. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Karyn Kusama - 7/11/16
Karyn Kusama and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Invitation, Warren Beatty, Sundance ideology and being an artist in the studio system. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Illeana Douglas - 6/27/16
Illeana Douglas and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Easy Rider, the eroticism of watching movies, rejecting method acting and Leni Riefenstahl. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Duncan Sheik - 6/13/16
Duncan Sheik and Bret Easton Ellis discuss American Psycho: The Musical, Broadway's resistance to change, Hamilton and Radiohead. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Bob Yari - 6/6/16
Film Producer/Director Bob Yari and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, the tension between art and business, Crash and Chinese censorship. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - John Carpenter - 5/23/16
John Carpenter and Bret Easton Ellis discuss #OscarsSoWhite, The Revenant, writing music and the function of a screenplay. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Quentin Tarantino - 12/7/15
Quentin Tarantino and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Hateful Eight, Jean-Luc Godard, Pauline Kael and finding humor in outrageous film violence. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Alex Pettyfer - 11/30/15
Alex Pettyfer and Bret Easton Ellis discuss I Am Number Four, the effects of information overload on millennials, Magic Mike and the separation between an actor's professional and personal lives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Eli Roth - 11/16/15
Eli Roth and Bret Easton Ellis discuss sensationalism in film, The Green Inferno, Keanu Reeves and The Last American Virgin. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Michael Angelakos - 11/9/15
Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos and Bret Easton Ellis discuss ideology vs. aesthetics, enduring mental illness in the public eye, being fueled by self-hatred and the perils of expressing negative opinions in corporate culture. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Mark Danielewski - 10/26/15
Writer Mark Danielewski and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Martian, House of Leaves, creative immersion and Show Me a Hero. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Kim Gordon - 10/12/15
Kim Gordon and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, Girl in a Band, the nihilism of Lana Del Rey and returning to Los Angeles after living in New York City. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Judd Nelson - 9/28/15
Judd Nelson and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Breakfast Club, negative press coverage, St. Elmo's Fire and Tom Cruise. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - David Shields - 9/14/15
Writer David Shields and Bret Easton Ellis discuss David Foster Wallace, the death of the traditional novel, Jonathan Franzen and reality television. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Craig Finn - 8/31/15
Craig Finn of The Hold Steady and Bret Easton Ellis discuss corporate culture in rock and roll, The Clash, the decline of the archetypal rock star and The Replacements. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Jason Schwartzman - 8/24/15
Jason Schwartzman and Bret Easton Ellis discuss nepotism in Hollywood, David O. Russell, showrunning and All the President's Men. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Sean Baker - 8/10/15
Filmmaker Sean Baker and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Tangerine, groupthink ideology in the transgender moment, Lars von Trier and making money in independent film. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Shirley Manson - 7/27/15
Shirley Manson and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Amy Winehouse, the lack of angry women in mainstream pop music, Taylor Swift and the damaging effects of streaming on the music industry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Anthony Jeselnik - 7/20/15
Anthony Jeselnik and Bret Easton Ellis discuss offensiveness in humor, writing workshops, Glamorama and performing at colleges. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Jonathan Ames - 6/29/15
Writer Jonathan Ames and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Princeton, Josh Duggar, gender transition and the current state of the novel. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Peaches - 6/22/15
Peaches and Bret Easton Ellis discuss sexuality in pop music, Lady Gaga, gender identity and Phantom of the Paradise. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Jason Blum - 6/15/15
Film producer Jason Blum and Bret Easton Ellis discuss producing Whiplash, Alfred Hitchcock, the spectacle of murder in cinema and the current state of low-budget independent filmmaking. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Kelly Marcel - 6/8/15
Screenwriter Kelly Marcel and Bret Easton Ellis discuss writing the screenplay for Fifty Shades of Grey, Syd Field, Tom Hardy and Saving Mr. Banks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Andrew Haigh - 6/1/15
Filmmaker Andrew Haigh and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Looking, the collision of sex and technology, identity and Cruising. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Ariel Pink - 5/26/15
Ariel Pink and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Frank Sinatra, the creative effects of romantic disappointment, Madonna and Blurred Lines. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Bruce Wagner - 5/18/15
Novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Maps to the Stars, F. Scott Fitzgerald, branding in art and earnestness. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Molly Ringwald - 5/11/15
Molly Ringwald and Bret Easton Ellis discuss John Hughes, being a muse, helicopter parenting and writing fiction. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Alex Ross Perry - 5/4/15
Director, screenwriter, and actor Alex Ross Perry joins Bret Easton Ellis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Alex Ross Perry Preview
Director, screenwriter, and actor Alex Ross Perry joins Bret Easton Ellis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - James Gray - 11/10/14
Screenwriter/Director James Gray joined Bret Easton Ellis last May to discuss the current state of the moviegoing experience, film vs. digital projection, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and the quality of contemporary criticism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Marilyn Manson Part 2 - 11/03/14
In this special Encore presentation, Marilyn Manson joins Bret Easton Ellis in part two of a conversation about film, bullying, the Bible and rehab. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Marilyn Manson Part 2 - 11/03/14
In this special Encore presentation, Marilyn Manson joins Bret Easton Ellis in part two of a conversation about film, bullying, the Bible and rehab. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Marilyn Manson - 10/27/14
In this special Encore presentation, Marilyn Manson joins Bret Easton Ellis in part one of a two-part conversation about film, bullying, the Bible and rehab. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - James Deen - 10/20/14
Adult film star James Deen and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Gone Girl, making The Canyons, the Venice Film Festival and the evolving culture of the adult film industry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Rose McGowan - 10/6/14
Rose McGowan and Bret Easton Ellis discuss sexism in the film industry, the Beverly Hills Hotel boycott, Sundance and maintaining artistic purity in corporate Hollywood. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Matthew Weiner - 9/29/14
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner and Bret Easton Ellis discuss cinematic elements in television, growing up in an academic household, having an outsider mentality and the scarcity of critical dissent. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B.E.E. - Gerard Way - 9/22/14
Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and Bret Easton Ellis discuss being in New York City on 9/11/01, the cohesiveness of the Black Parade, enduring backlash on social media and britpop's influence on Hesitant Alien. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.