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In Clear FocusWikipedia Strategy for Brands with William BeutlerIN CLEAR FOCUS: William Beutler, founder of Beutler Ink, explores the role of Wikipedia for brands. He explains why brands must approach Wikipedia ethically, how to navigate its guidelines, and best practices for managing a company's presence. Bill shares insights on WikiWatch, AI's impact on Wikipedia, and the risks of misinformation. Learn why Wikipedia remains a critical, yet challenging, platform for brand reputation management.
2025-02-2532 min
FIR InterviewsFIR Interview: William Beutler on PR and WikipediaGoogle searches link to Wikipedia more than any other website. It is the largest and most-read reference work in history. It is consistently ranked as one of the 10 most popular websites in the world, and as of 2024 is the fifth most visited website on the net. Wikipedia is also one of the richest sources of information for AI training models. With all those eyes on Wikipedia, it’s no surprise that PR professionals want relevant entries to reflect their priorities and messages. Yet Wikipedia’s rules generally prohibit people and representatives of organizations from editing their articles. Some people try...
2024-03-0736 min
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastWilliam Beutler🕑 1 hour 8 minutes It's not quite a holiday episode, but it is an end-of-year wrapup, featuring William Beutler, strategic marketing consultant and author of the blog The Wikipedian, which went on hiatus in 2020 and is now thankfully back. William shares some of the stories that he's working on for his "Top 10 Wikipedia Stories of 2023" feature (his first year-in-review in three years!), and we reminisce on the past year, in both the Wikimedia universe and the tech world in general.
2023-12-191h 07Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki PodcastWilliam Beutler🕑 1 hour 24 minutes William Beutler is the founder and president of the creative agency Beutler Ink, which, among other services, assists clients with their presence on Wikipedia and Wikidata. Previously, he ran the longtime blog The Wikipedian, and he has co-hosted several film podcasts. Links for some of the topics discussed: Beutler Ink William Beutler's personal Wikipedia account William's paid editing Wikipedia account Enter the Void podcast Primer episode Upstream Color episode The Wikipedian blog "Year in Review" category "Montgomerology" category "Wikipedia has Cancer" (essay by Guy Macon) Wikipedia and the Communications Professional: A primer "com...
2022-10-251h 23
Enter The VoidSXE12: THE FINALEBelieve it or not, we have arrived at the 100th and longest and final episode of ENTER THE VOID. On today's episode, your hosts Bill and Renan sit down together in person to reminisce about how they originally came up with the idea for this podcast, how they launched their earlier show KubrickCast, and even how they met in the first place. Next, they revisit their definition of a mindfuck movie for the last time, and then name their mindfuck "Mt. Rushmore" for both the greatest films covered on the series and their favorites... and a few of their...
2019-07-102h 25
Enter The VoidSXE11: BLUE VELVETFor our final regular episode of the podcast (yep, the whole thing) we finally come to one of the essential films of the mindfuck movie discussion, David Lynch's breakthrough as a popular artist, 1986's BLUE VELVET. Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, and of course Dennis Hopper, it was highly controversial upon release, and soon became the favorite film of academics and critical theorists—not to mention the late David Foster Wallace—and today stands as a film classic. But how challenging is it 33 years later? What are we to make of the multi-layered symbolism, the sexual violence, how...
2019-06-262h 14
Enter The VoidSXE10: GROUNDHOG DAYOur pick for this episode is not your usual, bog standard time travel psychological horror... but then again, maybe it is? Today we are doing GROUNDHOG DAY, the 1993 romantic comedy directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. A sleeper of a mindfuck, Groundhog Day warmed hearts and tickled funny bones when it debuted early in the Clinton era, but by the 21st century it had come to be recognized for its theological significance—and then YouTube got hold of it, and the rest is history. Today, we discuss: whether it's a proper mindfuck; how long Phil ac...
2019-06-121h 29
Enter The VoidSXE9: PERFECT BLUE & PAPRIKASo this episode was supposed to be just about PERFECT BLUE, Satoshi Kon's 1997 animated psychological thriller. But we couldn't stop at just one! So Renan and Bill went ahead and watched PAPRIKA, his 2006 science-fiction opus too, which also sadly would be his last feature film. Today, your hosts talk about the life and career of Satoshi Kon, his incredible imagination and mastery of technique, and how both films examine themes of dual identities. Also discussed: Perfect Blue on the internet and celebrity culture; Paprika on dreams and filmmaking; how Darren Aronofsky borrowed well and Christopher Nolan borrowed poorly—and bo...
2019-05-291h 23
Enter The VoidSXE8: THE FILMS OF LUIS BUÑUELHow have we got this far without discussing anything by the original film surrealist, Luis Buñuel? Well, today we rectify the situation and discuss not one but four films from the Spanish exile / expatriate moviemaking legend. In this episode, your hosts examine the previously promised UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929), THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962), and THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972), plus one of his more accessible films, BELLE DE JOUR (1967) with Catherine Deneuve. Among the topics for discussion: Buñuel's peripatetic life and unpopular politics, his roles in both the Surrealist and French New Wave movements, his use of dreams an...
2019-05-151h 23
Enter The VoidSXE7: FIGHT CLUBAt long last we get around to a movie that was on our mind when we started this podcast: FIGHT CLUB, the 1999 David Fincher film starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter, based on the 1996 Chuck Palahniuk novel of the same name. If you don't like politics with your movies, then today's show isn't for you, because Fight Club was born in controversy, released to Boomer acrimony, and then, once it attained cult status, attracted the unwanted—but not altogether surprising—approval of some of the most loathsome ideologues of the 21st century. Today, Bill and Renan take...
2019-05-011h 37
Enter The VoidSXE6: MINDF**K TELEVISIONThis episode is a little different: rather than taking on a single film or even the work of one director, the scope in this extra-long bonus episode is the greatest mindfucks across more than 50 years of TV history. In three separate segments, Bill and Renan each make their "Mount Rushmore" picks for the greatest television series, single episodes and standout moments in mindfuck TV. Shows discussed in this episode include: Twin Peaks, Black Mirror, LOST, The Leftovers, The X-Files, The Prisoner, The Good Place, Wild Palms, Russian Doll, Dark, The Sopranos, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Tales from The...
2019-04-172h 14
Enter The VoidSXE5: THE FLYIn today's episode, Bill and Renan return to the work of David Cronenberg—a director twice before discussed on this podcast—to consider the 1986 film many believe to be his masterpiece: THE FLY, starring Jeff Goldblum as a scientist who accidentally fuses his genes with a common housefly, and Geena Davis as the woman who loves him. So: is it actually Cronenberg's best film? Is this movie about aging, disease, and AIDS specifically? Or is it a cautionary tale about science and the nuclear age? What does this movie want us to make of Stathis Borans? Do we think The...
2019-04-031h 26
Enter The VoidSXE4: BEING JOHN MALKOVICHIn the waning months of the 20th century, a remarkable little film from a pair of unknown filmmakers arrived in US cinemas, and it became a bona fide sensation. That was BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999), written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze, starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, and of course, John Malkovich. It was a formative film experience for your hosts, and twenty years later Bill and Renan revisit it for you today. Among the topics discussed: the film's reception at the time and how it looks now that the novelty has worn off; was 1999 the...
2019-03-201h 25
Enter The VoidSXE3: INCEPTIONHow has this show never done a Christopher Nolan film before? Today your hosts rectify that and discuss his 2010 film INCEPTION, a $800 million-grossing summer blockbuster with no pre-established IP, unless being the next film by the guy who made The Dark Knight somehow counts. In this episode, Renan and Bill discuss: whether this and other Nolan features are truly mindfucks or mere puzzle films; whether they work on a second time viewing; how Nolan uses time, editing, and music to achieve his ends; defending Nolan from the haters on film Twitter; whether it's OK for the dialogue to be...
2019-03-061h 18
Enter The VoidSXE2: 8½�Today Renan and Bill lose their neorealist chains and grapple with the 1963 Federico Fellini film 8½, hailed by armchair film scholars as one of the greatest films of all time. More than 50 years on, how does it hold up? Undoubtedly and deservedly a classic, 8½ today looks different than it did in the 1960s, or even the 1990s. In this episode: 8½'s attitudes toward women; Pauline Kael's critical review; Guido's heirs including Don Draper; Fellini's virtuosic filmmaking; whither the imperial film director; and other films about filmmaking. Also, Bill offers some hot Sundance tips, and we highlight a listener's electronic music project...
2019-02-201h 26
Enter The VoidSXE1: 12 MONKEYS / LA JETÉEWe're back with the first of our last run of episodes, and today's episode is a two-for-one deal: we mostly discuss Terry Gilliam's 1996* time travel thriller 12 MONKEYS, with Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe and Brad Pitt, and weave throughout discussion of the 1962 French featurette that inspired it, LA JETÉE. Discussed in this episode: how does time travel work (or not) in these movies? What do we think happens after the events of 12 Monkeys? Is there anything La Jetée does better? What lessons do these movies have for modern audiences? Did you find all the character actors from The Wi...
2019-02-061h 13
Enter The VoidSXE0: PREVIEWWell, what have we here—it's the tenth season of ENTER THE VOID! Your patience has been rewarded: Bill and Renan are back for what we are gratuitously terming "Season X". (Multiple pronunciations accepted.) This time, we're doing things a little bit differently. The good news: we'll be doing 10 films instead of 8; we're going bimonthly, which may be bad if you need your fix, or good if you already have a lot of podcast obligations (we know the feeling); and we're doing a couple of bonus episodes, including a long-overdue discussion of mindfuck television, plus a finale / retrospective / wrap-up. An...
2019-01-2332 min
Running RemoteCEO of Beutler Ink: William BeutlerWilliam Beutler started his business with a fully remote team. As they grew and started to hire more team members, they embraced the remote aspect and found better talent as a result. With online tools and a yearly team summit - William and his team are able to have a strong company culture.
2019-01-0127 min
Enter The VoidS9E8: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEERAt last, it's the season 9 finale, and we go out with a bang: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER by writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos and co-writer Efthymis Filippou is one of the most searing film experiences of the last few years. Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, and Barry Keoghan star in this family drama / suspense thriller / haunted house / horror film, which despite being a tough hang that no one's really sure what it's about, was also widely praised upon release in 2017. In this episode, your hosts discuss their experiences watching it a second time, the story's roots in Greek mythology, Lanthimos' co...
2018-10-311h 16
Enter The VoidS9E7: ALTERED STATES For the penultimate episode of season 9, your hosts alter their consciousness and explore ALTERED STATES, a 1980 sci-fi horror film written by Paddy Chayefsky, directed by Ken Russell, and today known as much for its far-out story as for its creators' infamous feud. William Hurt stars as Eddie Jessup, an academic whose experiments with sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic drugs lead him to "regress" to an earlier evolutionary state. (Literally!) Fully committed and totally bonkers, Altered States is something you have to experience for yourself, especially the wild, sexually charged religious visions; the preposterously verbose dialogue; not to mention that whole thing...
2018-10-241h 08
Enter The VoidS9E6: SUNSHINEIn today's episode, your hosts grapple with the Danny Boyle-directed, Alex Garland-written 2007 science-fiction horror-thriller SUNSHINE. A commercial failure at the time, with a mixed reception among critics, the film has over the past decade gained an appreciable cult following. But what do your hosts think? Is it a spooky, contemplative outer space film with some third act troubles? Is it a stylish but conceptually thin entertainment that needed a major rethink? Maybe both! You'll just have to listen and find out. Also discussed: which story elements worked and which ones didn't; how much we should care about scientific accuracy...
2018-10-171h 09
Enter The VoidS9E5: JOHNNY GOT HIS GUNOnce nearly impossible to find and now... still pretty tough to obtain via legitimate means, Dalton Trumbo's JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN—the 1971 film he wrote and directed based on his own 1939 novel—is both legendary and forgotten at the same time. It tells the disturbing tale of a young soldier who loses his limbs and nearly all of his senses, but whose mind remains intact as he's trapped inside his own body in a military hospital. Adapted into Metallica's music video "One" and rubbing shoulders with the great anti-war and surrealist films, Johnny Got His Gun is not easy to w...
2018-10-101h 10
Enter The VoidS9E4: ANGEL HEARTAlan Parker's 1987 ANGEL HEART contains explicit sex, voodoo rituals, amnesia, chickens, and a few shocking twists that your hosts figured out at different points. In today's episode, they reveal when they knew what and compare their impressions of this not-quite-successful but still semi-legendary Hollywood thriller, now more than thirty years old. Combining elements of gothic horror and film noir, featuring performances from early period Mickey Rourke, mid-period Robert DeNiro, and only-period Lisa Bonet, Angel Heart is worth considering for its religious motifs, keen historical detail, uncomfortable datedness, sometimes horrifying imagery, sometimes goofy dialogue, and its relationship to films like...
2018-10-031h 13
Enter The VoidS9E3: FANTASTIC PLANETOur third episode this season is about the semi-obscure but recently-Criterioned 1973 French animated film FANTASTIC PLANET, or La Planète Sauvage (literally, "wild planet"), from the minds of René Laloux and Roland Topor, with music by Alain Goraguer, based on a novel by Stefan Wul. It's a psychedelic audiovisual trip, and tells the story of an advanced alien society of blue people who like to meditate almost as much as they like to toy with the fates of the comparatively-tiny humanoids who roam their planet. It's a film about interplanetary race relations, or maybe it's unfamiliar environmentalism, or telling th...
2018-09-261h 20
Enter The VoidS9E2: RAWIs Julia Ducornau's 2016 film RAW (French: Grave) a coming of age film about cannibalism? A body horror film about family relationships? A tale of sexual discovery and veterinary practices? Yes, no, and maybe—but not necessarily in that order! In this episode, Bill and Renan consider a film they might not otherwise have been drawn to... with sexy results! Discussed: what the film has to say about cannibalism and teenage sexuality, not to mention college hazing rituals; whether Raw is a true horror movie or something else; references to Kubrick, PTA, and Cronenberg; other films about bloodthirsty teenage girls (and...
2018-09-191h 15
Enter The VoidS9E1: TOTAL RECALLIt's not too often that we examine a major Hollywood blockbuster on this show, but it's not too often that the studios release something as baffling as TOTAL RECALL, and by that we mean the original 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger–Paul Verhoeven sci-fi schlockfest. Is it all a dream? Did he read Word Up! magazine? Did Quaid ever get his ass to Mars, or is he lobotomized in the chair at Rekall? We may never know for sure, but in this first episode of our ninth season, your hosts Renan and Bill go long to discuss the film's vision of the fu...
2018-09-121h 26
Enter The VoidS9E0: PREVIEWGet excited... the ninth season of ENTER THE VOID begins next week, and today we present our patented "episode zero" with a short preview of the eight films we'll be covering in the weeks ahead. Once again, major thanks to the ETV Podcast Club for helping pick the films for discussion. Here's what's we've got for you: Total Recall (Verhoeven, 1990) Raw (Ducournau, 2016) Fantastic Planet (Laloux, 1973) Angel Heart (Parker, 1987) Johnny Got His Gun (Trumbo, 1971) Sunshine (Boyle, 2007) Altered States (Russell, 1980) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Lanthimos, 2017) Show links: Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Discuss: ETV Podcast Club Follow: Facebook + Twitt...
2018-09-0517 min
Enter The VoidS8E8: BATTLE ROYALEFor the final episode of our eighth season, your co-hosts revisit a dorm room film classic, the 2000 action-adventure-thriller-satire BATTLE ROYALE, about a Japanese classroom forced to fight to the death on an abandoned island. Upon release in Japan, it was both hugely controversial and hugely profitable. But in most of the Western world, it didn't receive a proper release for another dozen years. In between, it both attained an exalted cult status and maybe (or maybe not?) inspired one of the biggest Hollywood franchises of the current decade. Discussed in the season finale: the generation gap in Japan and...
2018-05-301h 29
Enter The VoidS8E7: MOONFor the penultimate episode of our eighth season, we consider MOON, Duncan Jones' 2009 debut science fiction picture, starring Sam Rockwell, Sam Rockwell, and the disembodied voice of someone you probably now wish wasn't involved in this picture. Discussed in today's show: how the film deploys its twists; what it has to say about cloning and artificial intelligence; references to 2001: A Space Odyssey and other films; and, what has Jones been up to since? Episode links: Moon on IMDb Moon on Wikipedia Roger Ebert review NY Times review GQ retrospective Tor appreciation Wired on influences Jones io9...
2018-05-231h 10
Enter The VoidS8E6: UNDER THE SKINWhat did you think of Jonathan Glazer's 2013 minimalist sci-fi UNDER THE SKIN, starring Scarlett Johansson? Did it all make sense when you watched it the first time? Or did it only reveal it to yourself after another viewing? Today your hosts, Bill and Renan, come at it from different perspectives and have, well, different perspectives on it. Topics discussed include how the film was made and what it means, how it differs from the book and early scripts, and how it relates to ScarJo's stardom. Plus: other films that double as commentary on their actors, big stars in weird...
2018-05-161h 15
Enter The VoidS8E5: THE HOLY MOUNTAINWow, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN sure is something! Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 follow-up to El Topo is a wild psychedelic trip, a critique of the militarization of 20th century life, and even a satire of the counterculture that spawned it. At least, we think. Today, Bill and Renan try to explain to each other what they think happened in the movie, what it's supposed to be about, recount how the film was made, how it disappeared from public view, how it's influenced other artists in the years since—and discuss the perfectly understandable reason why George Harrison turned down the lead role....
2018-05-091h 19
Enter The VoidS8E4: REPO MANREPO MAN (1984) is a bit of a departure from our usual kind of film, and boy is it worth it: written and directed by Alex Cox and starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton, Repo Man is a gritty, funny, occasionally baffling ride through 1980s LA, through a wasteland of generic brands, smarmy televangelists, flying cars stuffed with aliens, and fears of nuclear annihilation. Your hosts explore these themes, plus: how the film was saved by punk and yet challenges the idea, what kind of kooky things Alex Cox has been up to lately, and offer a remembrance of t...
2018-05-021h 08
Enter The VoidS8E3: AUDITIONThis week, the delightful motion picture under discussion is Takashi Miike's AUDITION (1999), which you definitely should not read about before you watch this movie—not to mention listen to this podcast. Once you're all caught up, rejoin us as your hosts attempt to explain the film's second half, discuss misogyny and #metoo as well as sympathy for flawed characters, torture porn and gearshift movies, creepy romantic comedy tropes, parental advisories, and whether your hosts have ever lied to get a date. Episode links: Audition on IMDb Audition (film) on Wikipedia Audition (novel) on Wikipedia Audition in the...
2018-04-251h 13
Enter The VoidS8E2: STALKERFor our second episode of the season, your hosts return to the eerie beauty, philosophical pondering, and deliberate pacing of Andrei Tarkovsky with STALKER (1979). Less a science fiction film than Solaris and more of an unconventional road movie, Stalker takes the viewer on a journey through a mysterious Zone where three protagonists seek the fulfillment of their greatest desires at risk of equally great peril. Or... do they? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Meanwhile, Renan and Bill discuss the film's infamously troubled production, the film's influence on Annihilation and Blade Runner 2049, Tarkovsky's faith and defection from the Soviet Union, and what he might make of o...
2018-04-181h 03
Enter The VoidS8E1: AMERICAN PSYCHOFor the eighth season premiere of ENTER THE VOID, we're tackling Mary Harron's 2000 adaptation of AMERICAN PSYCHO, based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name. Originating as one of the most controversial novels of the 1990s to becoming one of the most iconic films of the 2000s, there's a lot to unpack here: the uneasy balance between satire and horror; how a dark fantasy of male rage became a feminist statement; how the novel and film differently present the character of Patrick Bateman; when exactly the movie becomes a mindscrew; what the film has to say...
2018-04-111h 18
Enter The VoidS8E0: PREVIEWOur long national nightmare is over! Wait, no it's not. But at least here's some good news: Season 8 of ENTER THE VOID is coming! Renan and Bill are back with today's preview episode, giving you the rundown on what you need to watch to keep up with us over the next eight weeks. And a big shout-out to our fans in our Podcast Club, who picked every single one of this season's films. Here's the lineup: American Psycho (Harron, 2000) Stalker (Tarkovsky, 1979) Audition (Miike, 1999) Repo Man (Cox, 1984) The Holy Mountain (Jodorowsky, 1973) Under the Skin (Glazer, 2014) Moon (Jones, 2009) Battle Royale...
2018-04-0423 min
Concavity ShowEpisode 36 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with William Beutler and Bill LattanziIn Episode 36 we have not one, but two special guests(!), both experts in the cartography of Infinite Jest's Boston (and beyond). William Beutler is the creative mind behind the staggeringly glorious Infinite Map (among other things), and Bill Lattanzi has led a series of walking tours in the Boston area tracing the locations of Wallace's opus, so you can see the emerging theme of the episode here.
List of links to pertinent discussion points in the episode:
Infinite Atlas: http://infiniteatlas.com/
LA Review of Books article by Bill L: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/messi...
2018-02-231h 27
Enter The VoidS7E8: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MINDFor the final installment of the seventh season, Bill and Renan welcome back third season guest Ray Patnaude to discuss ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND. Chances are good you not only have heard of it, but it's very possibly a favorite film of almost everyone you know. In this finale episode, the trio discuss how they felt about it on release and upon revisiting; the techniques director Michel Gondry and writer Charlie Kaufman deploy to make it both emotionally effective as well as dream-like and disorienting; Gondry's music videos and the film careers of his fellow video directors; p...
2018-01-311h 09
Enter The VoidS7E7: FUNNY GAMESWhich FUNNY GAMES is your favorite? Is it the Michael Haneke film about a bourgeois couple subjected to home invasion by a pair of sadistic killers from 1997, or the Michael Haneke film about a bourgeois couple subjected to home invasion by a pair of sadistic killers from 2007? Is either of these films your favorite telling of this particular story? In today's episode, Renan and Bill compare the two versions, try to understand what Haneke was trying to say with them, explore what is compelling about them in spite of the subject matter, make unexpected comparisons to the filmography of...
2018-01-241h 04
Enter The VoidS7E6: MOTHER!Today we're talking about arguably 2017's most controversial film, and one of the most controversial on this podcast: Darren Aronofsky's MOTHER! (technically, mother!) starring JLaw, JBard, Ed Harris, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Plus, joining us to bring a skeptical point of view is Vulture's movies editor, Rachel Handler! In this episode: mother! as Biblical allegory and environmental parable; or, is the movie actually all about being a demanding artist?; the religious concept of eternal return vs. scientific concept of the oscillating universe; plus: what's that yellow substance, and how obvious is it he wrote it in five days? ...
2018-01-171h 10
Enter The VoidS7E5: WEEKENDJean-Luc Godard's 1967 WEEKEND (or WEEK-END, if you prefer) is a scathing political satire if you understand what's going on, or a long strange trip if you don't. Your hosts have been on both sides of this divide, and today they come together to talk about seeing the film as a clueless undergrad; Tarantino and Wheatley as JLG fans and other films it influenced; the automobile and capitalist society; anti-colonialist speeches with sandwiches; a digression on the legacies of Hunter S. Thompson and Jann Wenner; Black Mirror, Get Out and other contemporary satires; and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll.
2018-01-101h 05
Enter The VoidS7E4: HIGH-RISETo discuss Ben Wheatley's 2015 dystopian drama HIGH-RISE—based on the J.G. Ballard novel of the same name, adapted for the screen by Amy Jump, and starring Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons—we welcome to the show Simon Owens, a past colleague of Bill and Renan's and a journalist based in DC. The film looks and sounds amazing, the source material is first-rate, and the acting is all around superb. So why does this movie actually make less sense than some of the crazier movies we've talked about this season? Debate ensues. High-Rise links: High-Rise on IMDb...
2018-01-0359 min
Enter The VoidS7E3: BARTON FINKToday ENTER THE VOID considers its first (and maybe last?) Coen Brothers film, 1991's BARTON FINK, starring John Turturro and John Goodman. Examined in detail: how this movie swept Cannes and is somewhat overlooked today; what it has to say about about writers and writing; Barton Fink's real-life influences and Hollywood wrestling pictures; its amazingly detailed Wikipedia page; and, is this a classic mind-bender of the sort this podcast is supposed to be about? Barton Fink links: Barton Fink on IMDb Barton Fink on Wikipedia Roger Ebert favorable review Vincent Canby very favorable review Owen Gleiberman sem...
2017-12-2758 min
Enter The VoidS7E2: HAUSU (ハウス)Nobuhiko Obayashi's 1977 HAUSU (or ハウス, or HOUSE) is possibly the most insane movie we've ever discussed on Enter The Void Podcast—and that's really saying something! This week Renan and Bill are joined by Teo Bugbee, who brought this psychedelic slapstick haunted house bubblegum horror comedy to our attention. And yet, as crazy as it is, it's also immensely enjoyable, and worthy of discussion for its distillation of childhood fears, commentary on the atom bomb, debatable feminist content, and of course its pure sensory overload. Hausu links: Hausu on IMDb Hausu on Wikipedia Hausu trailer Manohla Dargis NYT review...
2017-12-2058 min
Enter The VoidS7E1: DARK CITYAlex Proyas' DARK CITY is a tough one to properly summarize. It's not just that it's part film noir, part horror and part science fiction. It's also that its critical esteem, cult status, and lasting influence have never really found a point of consensus. In this episode, Bill and Renan try to figure out how to regard the film's reputation, especially in light (so to speak) of the 2008 director's cut. Plus: if Dark City was made today, would it be a video game?; why Roger Ebert loved it so much; eerie similarities to The Matrix (and The Force Awakens); a...
2017-12-131h 11
Enter The VoidS7E0: PREVIEWSeason 7 of ENTER THE VOID is nearly upon us! In today's preview episode, Renan and Bill quickly run through the list of films to be discussed over the next eight episodes, so you can watch with us and get the most out of these discussions. The films are: Dark City (Proyas, 1998) Hausu (Obayashi, 1977) Barton Fink (Coens, 1991) High-Rise (Wheatley, 2015) Weekend (Godard, 1967) mother! (Aronofsky, 2017) Funny Games (Haneke, 1997) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004) Show links: Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Archives: enterthevoid.fm Follow us: Facebook + Twitter
2017-12-0610 min
Enter The VoidTWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN - PART IIIFor the last installment of our three-part special series on TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, we have two more interviews: Bill talks with Alex Fulton, author of a widely-read essay arguing the final two episodes are meant to be watched in sync; and Renan has a conversation with writer Alex Pappademas, formerly of Grantland, GQ, SPIN and MTV News, about the the origins of his Twin Peaks fandom, his double reaction as a fan and critic, critical response to the show, analysis of episode 8, and Fire Walk With Me. Twin Peaks links: Twin Peaks: The Return on IMD...
2017-09-291h 55
Enter The VoidTWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN - PART IIWe're back with the second installment of our three-part series on TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN! In this episode, former guests Brian Gluckman (The Congress, Oldboy) and Mark Netter (Videodrome, Last Year at Marienbad) return to share their views on David Lynch's Showtime series. With Brian: the idea of television as art, whether or not there should be a season 4, and the possible influence of musicians Richard and Linda Thompson. With Mark: The Return as the summation of Lynch's career, connections to his filmography; and how elements of the new series inform our understanding of both. Twin Peaks l...
2017-09-2756 min
Enter The VoidTWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN - PART IThrough the first 50+ episodes of its existence, ENTER THE VOID has kept its eye on the feature film. But today the show returns from its customary inter-seasonal hiatus for a very special reason: David Lynch's astonishing TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN is now over, and your hosts couldn't live with themselves if they didn't give it the consideration it deserves. In this first of three special episodes, Renan and Bill share their thoughts and feelings on the show's 18-episode run; offer their half-baked theories on its mind-breaking conclusion; run a mock draft of their favorite things from the show; consider Twi...
2017-09-251h 05
Enter The VoidS6E8: MULHOLLAND DRIVEFor the final episode of season 6, Renan and Bill tackle a biggie: it's David Lynch's 2001 masterwork MULHOLLAND DR., which many view as Lynch's greatest movie, and some critics even consider the best film of the young century. In this extra-long episode, your hosts get right down to it and explain how their views on it have evolved over repeat viewings; try to explain how Diane's real world and Betty's dream world are connected; examine a few of Lynch's "10 clues" to the film; recount the film's origins as a pilot for ABC television; admire the performance of Naomi Watts; and ru...
2017-09-061h 26
Enter The VoidS6E7: DEAD MANStarring an early career Johnny Depp with a rogue's gallery of great American and British character actors, Jim Jarmusch's 1995 DEAD MAN is one of the coolest, independentest movies around. In this episode, your hosts discuss: the widely divergent critical reactions, the similarly divisive Neil Young soundtrack, the influences of English poet William Blake and surrealist Henri Michaux, and your hosts' differing thoughts on Western films. Plus, the greatness of Tommy Boy. Film links: Dead Man on IMDb Dead Man on Wikipedia Roger Ebert 1 1/2 star Dead Man review Owen Gleiberman C-minus Dead Man review Jonathan Rosenbaum in Chica...
2017-08-301h 11
Enter The VoidS6E6: THE DARK CRYSTALJim Henson and Frank Oz's 1982 film THE DARK CRYSTAL is dark, morbid, and yet still ostensibly for kids. Bill and Renan consider this movie's most terrifying elements, other beloved disturbing works intended for audiences of children, and how puppets and CGI characters can fall into the "uncanny valley." Does this movie need a Han Solo? How much can you buy a Henson puppet for? What's the deal with the upcoming Netflix series? Film links: The Dark Crystal on IMDb The Dark Crystal on Wikipedia Official Dark Crystal page Excerpts from Dark Crystal: The Ultimate Visual History Vince...
2017-08-2457 min
Enter The VoidS6E5: THX 1138As the first film of a director who only made a half-dozen films in 50 years, 1971's THX 1138 might be an obscure discovery. But as it happens, it's the directorial debut of merchandising tie-in billionaire George Lucas, and it's just weird enough to merit analysis by your loyal hosts. Today Bill and Renan ask: is THX more like Nineteen Eighty-Four or Brave New World? is it visionary, derivative, or a combination of both? where did George Lucas find so many bald people? can we actually compare Lucas to Harmony Korine? and, is it possible THX is actually a film improved by...
2017-08-1656 min
Enter The VoidS6E4: GUMMOThis week your hosts consider Harmony Korine's infamous 1997 low-budget freak fest GUMMO, a hillbilly elegy of cat-killing, glue-sniffing, eyebrow-shaving and, most memorably, chair-wrestling. Loved and hated by critics, admired by one co-host as a nihilistic suburban teenager and previously avoided by the other, Korine's directorial debut is tough to get one's head around—but they try! Also addressed: Korine's career trajectory, his comic pastiche of a novel, and his legendary appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman. Film links: Gummo at IMDb Gummo at Wikipedia Gummo at Metacritic Gummo official website Korine interview in Filmmaker Ma...
2017-08-0951 min
Enter The VoidS6E3: UPSTREAM COLORGood news: this week Bill and Renan talk about Shane Carruth's 2013 transcendent sci-fi romance UPSTREAM COLOR! Bad news: now they're all out of Shane Carruth films. Famously directed, written, starring, scored and edited by Carruth himself, UC is much different than his cult debut Primer—an ETV selection in season 1—a more ethereal, impressionistic, and even mature film. Questions your hosts attempt to answer in this episode: how much does the look and feel of this film owe to Terrence Malick?; we know what the movie is about, but what does it mean?; do we like it or not how willi...
2017-08-021h 02
Enter The VoidS6E2: TETSUO 鉄男Shinya Tsukamoto's 1989 short feature TETSUO: THE IRON MAN borrows from Lynch's Eraserhead and Cronenberg's Videodrome—both films discussed in ETV's second season —and creates something entirely its own. Clocking in at a slender 67 minutes and blessedly shot in B&W to maximize gore while minimizing your hosts covering their eyes, Tetsuo is a cyberpunk-meets-splatterpunk anime come to life. Also discussed in this episode: Tsukamoto's encounters with Tarantino and Scorsese; comparisons to Evil Dead and Robert Mapplethorpe; a long digression on Japan's anxieties and its perpetually aging population; plus, could it possibly have influenced the Playstation 2 classic Katamari Damacy? Film link...
2017-07-2656 min
Enter The VoidS6E1: DONNIE DARKOIf destruction is a form of creation, then what are we to make of the relationship between Donnie Darko (2001) and its controversial director's cut? In the first full episode of ENTER THE VOID season 6, your hosts Renan and Bill consider this box office flop and cult classic written and directed by Richard Kelly, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jena Malone, featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, and even Seth Rogen. Topics discussed: the incredible soundtrack; the inexplicable changes to said music in the director's cut; fan theories and the value of fan theories; Kelly's confounding subsequent career; how much Bil...
2017-07-191h 11
Enter The VoidS6E0: PREVIEW + TWIN PEAKSLike we always do about this time, it's the season 6 preview episode for ENTER THE VOID, a podcast about movies that may have nothing at all in common except completely messing with your head. Your hosts Bill and Renan are ready to tackle another 8 films, each getting a short introduction here today. But we're also doing something special: as the season gets under way, Twin Peaks: The Return is at its midpoint, so your co-hosts spend a few minutes offering their views of David Lynch's current project. Below, the list of season 6 films so you can watch ahead: D...
2017-07-1228 min
Enter The VoidS5E8: TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH METhe final episode of season 5 is about either the worst film David Lynch has ever made, or possibly one of his greatest—the 1992 TV-to-film crossover TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, revealing the last seven days of Laura Palmer's troubled life, plus a lot of other strange things that don't really make sense unless, you know, they kind of do. In this episode, Renan and Bill discuss their separate paths to this film; Renan's experience of watching the complete series for the first time; Bill's long-term relationship with the Twin Peaks franchise; how it was reviled by critics and audie...
2017-05-031h 23
Enter The VoidS5E7: COHERENCEFrom the annals of low-budget mind-trip filmmaking, today the show examines James Ward Byrkit's 2013 sci-fi drama COHERENCE. Starring a cast of unknowns, shot in a pseudo-documentary style on a very short schedule, the film is an ingenious example of economical, seat-of-your-pants filmmaking. But it's also one that divides your hosts. In this episode, Bill inexplicably compares it to the Bourne movies; Renan inexplicably compares it to The Wire; the various fan-offered timelines are explored; the influence of Amazon and Netflix on independent film and the definition of "duopsony" are discussed; the logical implications of certain storylines are debated; and and t...
2017-04-261h 05
Enter The VoidS5E6: EL TOPOClearly still recording together in NYC—though they never actually say so—Bill and Renan talk EL TOPO (1970), the legendary, head-spinning "acid Western" by the irascible Alejandro Jodorowsky. The film is remarkable for many reasons: its status as the undisputed first "midnight movie", its embrace by heroes of the 70s counterculture, for being locked away for decades in a contractual dispute, and for the very very questionable (potentially criminal) circumstances regarding its production. Discussed in this episode: Jodorowsky as proto-Tarantino and anti-Kubrick (but he's still a fan of the Master!); Jodorowsky, Frank Zappa, Yayoi Kusama, and why artists aren't like y...
2017-04-191h 08
Enter The VoidS5E5: MELANCHOLIARenan and Bill are finally back in the same room this week to discuss Lars Von Trier's 2011 science-fiction end-of-the-world-melodrama MELANCHOLIA. Their wide-ranging conversation touches on the subject of depression and the director's struggle with it; comparisons to The Tree of Life and Last Year at Marienbad; oh, and of course Another Earth, the other movie from 2011 about a mysterious planet in Earth's orbit; Bill's rogue planet Wikipedia rabbit hole; here again is Pieter Bruegel's The Hunters in the Snow; Stack Exchange, Wallace-l, fake news and internet theories; von Trier's crazy Cannes interview and what we think of his other work; k...
2017-04-121h 16
Enter The VoidS5E4: ANOTHER EARTHANOTHER EARTH, written and directed by Mike Cahill, written by and starring Brit Marling, and technically top-line starring William Mapother, is a 2011 sci-fi drama about bad decisions, tragic loss, difficult choices, and terrible regret. Oh, and also the appearance in the sky of, well, another Earth. In this episode, Bill and Renan talk about the limitations and innovations of low budget sci-fi, how much one can really enjoy movies about sad people, Hollywood's tendency to cast younger women and older men as romantic leads, what the ending is supposed to mean, and your hosts' thoughts and feelings about Marling's hit Ne...
2017-04-0556 min
Enter The VoidS5E3: HEAVY METALWhen your 1981 animated feature makes its central villain a glowing green orb called Loc-Nar that causes civilizations to rise and fall across time and space and vaporizes anyone who attempts to absorb its power... is it really fair to judge by the standards of 2017? Well, that never stopped Renan and Bill from going right ahead! In the third episode of season 5, your hosts consider the film's worldview (i.e. that of a horny teenage boy); this film's relationship to Sausage Party and The Fifth Element; which segments worked better than others; Hollywood remake rumors; and what if there was a hip-h...
2017-03-2950 min
KubrickCastENTER THE VOID > S1E1: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISEHey wait, what did we do with KubrickCast? Well, KubrickCast has come to the end its natural run. But we have great news! Bill and Renan are picking up where they left off with an all-new show that should appeal to you, the KubrickCast subscriber. The new show is ENTER THE VOID about what we might call "mindfuck movies".
You can subscribe at http://enterthevoidpodcast.libsyn.com/rss but we're also publishing the first episode of ENTER THE VOID to this feed. But only this one! To join us on our dis
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Enter The VoidS1E1: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISEIt's the debut episode of Enter The Void! We hope you're as excited to talk about crazy, mind-altering films as we are. And we'll kick things off with...
S1E1:
Film: Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Director: Brian DePalma
Starring: William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper
Episode links:
IMDb: Phantom of the Paradise
Wikipedia: Phantom of the Paradise
Vimeo: RogerEbert.com review
New York Times: Blu-ray release review
The Dissolve: The devil's bargains and unsparing satire of Phantom of the Paradise
Rocky Music: Soundtrack lyrics
Show links:
Website: enterthevoid.fm
Twitter: @enterthepod
Facebook: Ent...
2015-09-301h 04
KubrickCastThe Final EpisodeAt long last, the final scheduled episode of KubrickCast. This time around, Bill and Renan rank Stanley Kubrick's filmography by several categories, and then count down their top ten. (1:29:13)
2015-09-081h 29KubrickCastListener SuggestionsThe penultimate scheduled episode of KubrickCast takes up listener suggestions, and covers many more Shining-derived online videos, other Kubrick podcasts to check out, and what's next for Bill and Renan in podcasting. (1:00:27)
2015-08-251h 00KubrickCastMaking The ShiningKubrickCast returns today after taking summer vacation to review a film made by a Kubrick... but not Stanley Kubrick. It's Making The Shining (1980), a made-for-TV documentary short filmed and directed by Kubrick daughter Vivian Kubrick. Making The Shining takes viewers backstage of The Shining, famously showing glimpses of Shelley Duvall's difficult time on set, Jack Nicholson as the most famous goofball in the world, and a rare glimpse of the legendary Kubrick in action. (43:22)
2015-08-1143 minKubrickCastMashups + SupercutsAfter a brief hiatus, Bill and Renan are back to talking about films again, but this time it's all about your films—or videos, more properly—the mashups, supercuts and fan edits available on YouTube, Vimeo and elsewhere. Which are good? Which are great? Which are terrible but still fun to talk about? Plus, our hosts provide their personal top-five rankings. (59:17)
2015-06-2359 minKubrickCastKubrick and Music w/ Christine Lee GengaroThis week Bill and Renan are joined by Christine Lee Gengaro, author of Listening to Stanley Kubrick: The Music in His Films. Topics discussed: how Christine decided on Kubrick as a musical subject; the research process; things you never knew about Kubrick's scoring process; how to pronounce all of these European composers' names; who else is killing it in music and film thes days; plus a little bit about Back to the Future. (1:15:57)
2015-05-271h 15KubrickCastStanley Kubrick's BoxesIn this episode, Bill and Renan discuss the Jon Ronson documentary Stanley Kubrick's Boxes (2008) about the late film director's extensive archive of materials from his films, stored in boxes across his Hertfordshire estate. Plus, Bill tells the story of seeing Ronson screen the film in Brooklyn, and apologizes for what came next. (54:04)
2015-05-1254 minKubrickCastA.I. Artificial Intelligence (Part 2)In part two of our discussion about A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Bill and Renan debate what belongs to Spielberg and what belongs to Kubrick; what critics thought of the film, and how your interpretation of the ending plays into your view of the film overall. (59:10)
2015-04-2859 minKubrickCastA.I. Artificial Intelligence (Part 1)It's the first overtime episode of KubrickCast! With all canon Kubrick films behind us, we start exploring related topics with the closest thing to an unreleased mix tape: Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). In this episode, we discuss Kubrick's development of the project in the 1970s and 80s to his efforts in the 1990s to get Spielberg to take it up. Also: David's programming and functionality, a rant. (56:53)
2015-04-1456 minKubrickCastEyes Wide Shut (Part 2)In the final regular season episode of KubrickCast, Bill and Renan discuss the music of Eyes Wide Shut (1999), the controversy surrounding its release, the controversy surrounding th film reviews, Kubrick's many nods to his earlier films, the possibly apocryphal phenomenon of "Eyes Wide Shut parties" and, of course, the Illuminati. (1:16:44)
2015-03-171h 16KubrickCastEyes Wide Shut (Part 1)At last we've arrived at Stanley Kubrick's final picture, Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Bill and Renan discuss the rumor mill and advance hype preceding the film's completion, the adaptation from Arthur Schnitzler's Traumnovelle, the hit piece-as-memoir by co-screenwriter Frederic Raphael, the casting of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, and go behind the scenes of Eyes Wide Shut's complex, secretive 400-day production. (1:17:16)
2015-03-031h 17KubrickCastFull Metal Jacket (Part 3)In this special edition of KubrickCast, we're doing something a little bit different: Renan takes a break, while Bill interviews Matthew Modine, Pvt. Joker himself, along with Adam Rackoff, who helped him produce the Full Metal Jacket Diary app and audiobook. (52:33)
2015-02-1752 minKubrickCastFull Metal Jacket (Part 2)Returning to Full Metal Jacket (1987) this week, Bill and Renan explore the casting of R. Lee Ermey, how Matthew Modine got Vincent D'Onofrio an audition, Stanley Kubrick's only film cameo (sort of), the film's release, reception, legacy, themes and... TV Tropes. (1:13:25)
2015-02-031h 13KubrickCastFull Metal Jacket (Part 1)Everyone seems to love the first half of Full Metal Jacket (1987), but opinions diverge wildly on the second part. In this episode, Bill and Renan explore Kubrick's collaboration with Michael Herr and Gus Hasford, the strange writing process, and even stranger process of building the city of Hue by tearing down part of central London. (1:02:38)
2015-01-201h 03KubrickCastThe Shining (Part 3)For a third and final time we revisit The Shining, this time focusing on the myriad fan theories about the film, particularly those explored in the documentary Room 237. Plus, is Toy Story 3 an allegory for The Shining? (1:24:36)
2015-01-061h 24KubrickCastThe Shining (Part 2)In the second installment about Kubrick's massively popular horror film, Bill and Renan get into the film's remarkable use of Steadicam, mid-70s non-chic costumes, a scene deleted after the first weekend of release and the long-running feud between Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick. (1:21:46)
2014-12-231h 21KubrickCastThe Shining (Part 1)It's been written that every Stanley Kubrick movie is a horror film—it's just that only one actually fits into the genre. This is the one! Kubrick's alternately creepy and campy The Shining (1980) took five years to make, arrived to middling reviews, and later became perhaps his most obsessed-over creation. The first part focuses on the project's origins, actors, sets and locations. (1:50:30)
2014-12-091h 50KubrickCastUnrealized ProjectsStanley Kubrick made thirteen feature-length films, and considered making many more. In this installment, Bill and Renan investigate One-Eyed Jacks, Blue Movie, The Lord of the Rings (!), and the two big ones that got away: Aryan Papers and Napoleon. Plus: will any of these projects eventually see the light of day? We'll discuss. (1:53:39)
2014-11-251h 53KubrickCastBarry LyndonBarry Lyndon is a strange one in Kubrick's career: a mixed critical reaction and disappointing box office upon its release, the film has undergone a near-complete reappraisal but has not entered the pop culture canon like the films which surround it. In the 17th episode of KubrickCast, Bill and Renan try to get to the bottom of this mystery. (1:32:47)
2014-11-111h 32KubrickCastA Clockwork Orange (Part 2)In this installment, Bill and Renan debate the themes of A Clockwork Orange, discuss its release in the US and the UK, the reviews both scathing and sympathetic, Kubrick's decision to withdraw it from circulation in England and what that means. The show also explores references to other Kubrick work in this film, pop culture refernences to this one, and Bill makes Renan try to guess what a parental guidance website says about it. (1:56:48)
2014-10-281h 56KubrickCastA Clockwork Orange (Part 1)At long last, KubrickCast decides it will move on to another movie besides 2001: A Space Odyssey—and next on the list is Kubrick's palate-cleanser of a follow-up, the controversial 1971 cult classic A Clockwork Orange. (1:26:00)
2014-10-141h 26KubrickCast2001: A Space Odyssey (Part 5)In the fifth and final installment of this mini-series on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bill and Renan talk about how the iPod got its name, Mad Men and Mad Magazine riff on 2001, and what the movie got right and wrong in science and future predictions. (1:36:12)
2014-09-301h 36KubrickCast2001: A Space Odyssey (Part 4)In our fourth (!) installment of our discussion about 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bill and Renan return to discuss the themes of the film, Kubrick's fascinating Playboy interview, and then we go really deep. (1:08:24)
2014-09-161h 08KubrickCast2001: A Space Odyssey (Part 3)In the latest episode, Bill and Renan consider the most important jump cut in motion picture history; how the novel and story differ; what the monolith is all about; and why Arthur C. Clarke felt bad on IBM's behalf. (1:13:02)
2014-09-021h 13KubrickCast2001: A Space Odyssey (Part 2)In part two of our open-ended series on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bill and Renan explore the special effects, music, and how there were almost aliens in this film. (1:10:14)
2014-08-191h 10KubrickCast2001: A Space Odyssey (Part 1)In this first of multiple installments, Bill and Renan discuss 2001: A Space Odyssey, beginning with the project's origins, massive pre-production research effort, filming at MGM studios, and the fabled Monolith. (1:13:47)
2014-08-051h 13
KubrickCastDr. Strangelove (Part 2) At last, the second half of Bill and Renan's in-depth conversation about Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), exploring the film's themes, relationship to reality, to Sidney Lumet's Fail-Safe, to its source material—the novel Red Alert—and Dr. Strangelove's legacy as arguably the most important film comedy of all time, as an enduring force in popular culture, not to mention its relevance in a post-Snowden world. (1:07:41)
2014-07-221h 07KubrickCastDr. Strangelove (Part 1)Bill and Renan hope you're excited as they are to finally get into Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), widely regarded as one of Kubrick's best films and, arguably, the most important comedy of all time. This first of two installments explores pre-production, production, and the fascinating cast of characters and actors—including the real-life basis for the character of Dr. Strangelove. (1:32:39)
2014-07-081h 32KubrickCastLolita Bill and Renan tackle Lolita (1962), Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of the controversial 1955 Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name. In Lolita we can see Kubrick beginning to find his way toward a new approach to his pictures, which resulted in the classics we'll be discussing in future episodes. (1:19:22)
2014-06-241h 19KubrickCastDocumentary Shorts Taking a slight detour in the sixth episode, Bill and Renan discuss Kubrick's early career as a magazine photographer, and his early documentary shorts: Day of the Fight, Flying Padre and The Seafarers. (48:29)
2014-06-1048 minKubrickCastSpartacusBill and Renan take on Spartacus (1960), the last film Stanley Kubrick would ever not have complete control over. A big Hollywood epic and a film classic according to most, Spartacus is still a flawed (and overlong) picture, but one with a fascinating back story. (1:07:55)
2014-05-271h 07KubrickCastPaths of GloryBill and Renan consider Paths of Glory (1957), a stunning anti-war film starring Kirk Douglas as a French officer. Still regarded as a classic, this is considered a turning point in Kubrick's career, and it gave us multiple excuses to bring up The Wire, not that we really needed any. (1:19:03)
2014-05-131h 19KubrickCastThe KillingBill and Renan discuss The Killing (1956), Stanley Kubrick's third feature and the first one he really nails. The story focuses on Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) and the team he assembles to pull off one big score: a daring racetrack robbery that works like a charm... until it doesn't. Featuring William Beutler and Renan Borelli. (57:02)
2014-04-2957 min
KubrickCastKiller's KissBill and Renan consider Stanley Kubrick's Killer's Kiss (1955). Set in New York, it's the tale of a down-on-his-luck boxer, the fetching dancer who lives in the next building, her tough guy boss, and a mannequin factory whose owner is about to file a big insurance claim. Featuring William Beutler and Renan Borelli. (29:53)
2014-04-1529 minKubrickCastFear and DesireIn the first episode of KubrickCast, Bill and Renan consider Stanley Kubrick's first feature film, Fear and Desire (1953). While it certainly is not a successful film, Fear and Desire is a lot more fun to talk about than it was to watch. (33:36)
2014-04-0133 min