Bret Easton Ellis Podcast

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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 creativ…

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    • Jun 12, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 19m AVG DURATION
    • 92 EPISODES


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    B.E.E. - Dana Brunetti - 6/12/17

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2017 113:07


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Walter Hill - 5/1/17

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2017 110:28


    Walter Hill and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Assignment, identity politics, Sam Peckinpah and directing Eddie Murphy in 48 Hours.

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    B.E.E. - Andrew McCarthy - 4/17/17

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2017 72:57


    Andrew McCarthy and Bret Easton Ellis discuss making Less Than Zero, Leonardo DiCaprio, the ending of Pretty in Pink and travel writing.

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    B.E.E. - Sam Outlaw - 3/27/17

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2017 97:31


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Mick Garris - 3/13/17

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2017 87:41


    Mick Garris and Bret Easton Ellis discuss adapting the works of Stephen King, the pessimism of horror, the Psycho shower scene and Wes Craven.

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    B.E.E. - Laura Jane Grace - 12/19/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 86:30


    Laura Jane Grace and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the artistic benefits of being bullied, Caitlyn Jenner, the record vs. the single and Butch Vig.

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    B.E.E. - Owen Gleiberman - 12/5/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2016 93:41


    Film critic Owen Gleiberman and Bret Easton Ellis discuss fanboy culture, Carrie, Jonathan Demme and criticism functioning as marketing.

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    B.E.E. - Anne Heche - 11/21/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2016 95:57


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Mark Duplass - 10/31/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2016 89:56


    Mark Duplass and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Blue Jay, the struggles of working within the studio system, making movies for Netflix and Togetherness.

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    B.E.E. - Paul Schrader - 10/17/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2016 94:58


    Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis discuss American Gigolo, Dog Eat Dog, screenwriting as oral tradition and Steven Spielberg.

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    B.E.E. - Larry Clark - 9/26/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2016 75:15


    Larry Clark and Bret Easton Ellis discuss making Bully, photographing Tulsa, controversy as a gateway to success and John Cassavetes.

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    B.E.E. - Moby - 9/12/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2016 74:21


    Moby and Bret Easton Ellis discuss writing memoir, John Cheever, the success of Play and Bob Seger.

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    B.E.E. - Peter Bogdanovich - 8/15/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2016 85:01


    Peter Bogdanovich and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Last Picture Show, turning down The Godfather, Sue Mengers and technology in filmmaking.

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    B.E.E. - Alex Gibney - 7/25/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2016 76:46


    Alex Gibney and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Zero Days, the dangers of secrecy, The Jinx and the manipulation of truth in documentaries.

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    B.E.E. - Karyn Kusama - 7/11/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2016 83:26


    Karyn Kusama and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Invitation, Warren Beatty, Sundance ideology and being an artist in the studio system.

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    B.E.E. - Illeana Douglas - 6/27/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2016 82:35


    Illeana Douglas and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Easy Rider, the eroticism of watching movies, rejecting method acting and Leni Riefenstahl.

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    B.E.E. - Duncan Sheik - 6/13/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2016 74:04


    Duncan Sheik and Bret Easton Ellis discuss American Psycho: The Musical, Broadway's resistance to change, Hamilton and Radiohead.

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    B.E.E. - Bob Yari - 6/6/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 71:35


    Film Producer/Director Bob Yari and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, the tension between art and business, Crash and Chinese censorship.

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    B.E.E. - John Carpenter - 5/23/16

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2016 65:41


    John Carpenter and Bret Easton Ellis discuss #OscarsSoWhite, The Revenant, writing music and the function of a screenplay.

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    B.E.E. - Quentin Tarantino - 12/7/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2015 117:08


    Quentin Tarantino and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Hateful Eight, Jean-Luc Godard, Pauline Kael and finding humor in outrageous film violence.

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    B.E.E. - Alex Pettyfer - 11/30/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2015 87:17


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Eli Roth - 11/16/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2015 84:32


    Eli Roth and Bret Easton Ellis discuss sensationalism in film, The Green Inferno, Keanu Reeves and The Last American Virgin.

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    B.E.E. - Michael Angelakos - 11/9/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2015 83:18


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Mark Danielewski - 10/26/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2015 77:08


    Writer Mark Danielewski and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Martian, House of Leaves, creative immersion and Show Me a Hero.

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    B.E.E. - Kim Gordon - 10/12/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2015 85:48


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Judd Nelson - 9/28/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2015 97:57


    Judd Nelson and Bret Easton Ellis discuss The Breakfast Club, negative press coverage, St. Elmo's Fire and Tom Cruise.

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    B.E.E. - David Shields - 9/14/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2015 78:20


    Writer David Shields and Bret Easton Ellis discuss David Foster Wallace, the death of the traditional novel, Jonathan Franzen and reality television.

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    B.E.E. - Craig Finn - 8/31/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2015 84:05


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Jason Schwartzman - 8/24/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2015 79:12


    Jason Schwartzman and Bret Easton Ellis discuss nepotism in Hollywood, David O. Russell, showrunning and All the President's Men.

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    B.E.E. - Sean Baker - 8/10/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2015 87:56


    Filmmaker Sean Baker and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Tangerine, groupthink ideology in the transgender moment, Lars von Trier and making money in independent film.

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    B.E.E. - Shirley Manson - 7/27/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2015 75:50


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Anthony Jeselnik - 7/20/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 75:29


    Anthony Jeselnik and Bret Easton Ellis discuss offensiveness in humor, writing workshops, Glamorama and performing at colleges.

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    B.E.E. - Jonathan Ames - 6/29/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2015 73:54


    Writer Jonathan Ames and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Princeton, Josh Duggar, gender transition and the current state of the novel.

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    B.E.E. - Peaches - 6/22/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2015 72:31


    Peaches and Bret Easton Ellis discuss sexuality in pop music, Lady Gaga, gender identity and Phantom of the Paradise.

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    B.E.E. - Jason Blum - 6/15/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2015 74:02


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Kelly Marcel - 6/8/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2015 80:06


    Screenwriter Kelly Marcel and Bret Easton Ellis discuss writing the screenplay for Fifty Shades of Grey, Syd Field, Tom Hardy and Saving Mr. Banks.

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    B.E.E. - Andrew Haigh - 6/1/15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2015 74:18


    Filmmaker Andrew Haigh and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Looking, the collision of sex and technology, identity and Cruising.

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    B.E.E. - Ariel Pink - 5/26/15

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2015 65:24


    Ariel Pink and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Frank Sinatra, the creative effects of romantic disappointment, Madonna and Blurred Lines.

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    B.E.E. - Bruce Wagner - 5/18/15

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2015 79:52


    Novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner and Bret Easton Ellis discuss Maps to the Stars, F. Scott Fitzgerald, branding in art and earnestness.

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    B.E.E. - Molly Ringwald - 5/11/15

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2015 75:22


    Molly Ringwald and Bret Easton Ellis discuss John Hughes, being a muse, helicopter parenting and writing fiction.

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    B.E.E. - Alex Ross Perry - 5/4/15

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2015 76:14


    Director, screenwriter, and actor Alex Ross Perry joins Bret Easton Ellis.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2015 5:33


    Director, screenwriter, and actor Alex Ross Perry joins Bret Easton Ellis.

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    B.E.E. - James Gray - 11/10/14

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2014 64:18


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Marilyn Manson Part 2 - 11/03/14

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2014 62:42


    In this special Encore presentation, Marilyn Manson joins Bret Easton Ellis in part two of a conversation about film, bullying, the Bible and rehab.

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    B.E.E. - Marilyn Manson Part 2 - 11/03/14

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2014 62:42


    In this special Encore presentation, Marilyn Manson joins Bret Easton Ellis in part two of a conversation about film, bullying, the Bible and rehab.

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    B.E.E. - Marilyn Manson - 10/27/14

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2014 60:09


    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.

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    B.E.E. - James Deen - 10/20/14

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2014


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Rose McGowan - 10/6/14

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2014


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Matthew Weiner - 9/29/14

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2014


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Gerard Way - 9/22/14

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2014


    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.

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    B.E.E. - Tom Sizemore - 9/15/14

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2014


    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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