Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
Controversial best-selling author and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis delivers a weekly glimpse into one of popular culture's most fascinating minds. The entertainment industry's top writers, directors, actors and musicians will join Bret to discuss the issues and complexities that keep the creative world turning as we experience this intriguing period in our planet's history. The same sensibilities that have formed Bret's impressive catalog in literature and film will be on display with each and every new episode.
Latest episodes
Sep 15, 2014 • 1h 13min
B.E.E. - Tom Sizemore - 9/15/14
Tom Sizemore and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the current movie landscape, Stella Adler vs. Lee Strasberg, Ray Rice and crowdsourcing to finance An Honest Thief.
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Sep 8, 2014 • 1h 9min
B.E.E. - Ti West - 9/8/14
Ti West and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The House of the Devil, Alan Smithee, pure cinema and switching genres.
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Sep 2, 2014 • 1h 6min
B.E.E. - Rob Zombie - 9/2/14
Rob Zombie and Bret Easton Ellis discuss their Charles Manson project, remaking John Carpenter's Halloween, Cannibal Holocaust and James Foley.
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Aug 25, 2014 • 1h 1min
B.E.E. - Ira Sachs - 8/25/14
Ira Sachs and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Love Is Strange, ideology in content, the disappearance of gay characters in American movies and corporate culture's sanitization of film.
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Aug 18, 2014 • 1h 7min
B.E.E. - Kanye Part 2 - Encore
Part two of Kanye West on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast. Bret and Kanye continue their conversation about film, culture and creativity. Bret also discusses the media's coverage of part one.
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Aug 11, 2014 • 1h 3min
B.E.E. - Kanye West Encore
Kanye West joins Bret Easton Ellis to discuss their mutual passion for film and pop culture as well as the evolving relationship between technology, entertainment and creativity. Bret also fields questions from his Twitter followers. This is part one of Bret's two-part conversation with Kanye West.
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Aug 4, 2014 • 1h 6min
B.E.E. - Alonso Duralde - 8/4/14
Film critic Alonso Duralde and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the movies of 2014, the current role of film criticism, the detrimental effects of serious intent in filmmaking and the sensibility of Sharknado 2.
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Jul 28, 2014 • 1h 8min
B.E.E. - Matthew Modine - 7/28/14
Matthew Modine and Bret Easton Ellis discuss naturalism in film, making Full Metal Jacket with Stanley Kubrick, turning down Top Gun and the relationship between directors and their actors.
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Jul 14, 2014 • 1h 8min
B.E.E. - Michael Tolkin - 7/14/14
Screenwriter and novelist Michael Tolkin joins Bret Easton Ellis to discuss pragmatism in screenwriting, The Player, growing up in 1960's Los Angeles and the current state of the filmed drama.
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Jun 30, 2014 • 1h 14min
B.E.E. - Alexandre Aja - 6/30/14
French filmmaker Alexandre Aja and Bret Easton Ellis discuss New French Extremism, boundaries in film violence, logic in horror and remaking movies.
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