18. "My music may be empty and corporate..."
Added 2024-02-06 22:04:29 +0000 UTC0:00 Meal prep/Strange language and SMART targets
15:56 The cringe tolerance ('laged to death')/Dream Theater
29:58 The 'instant classic' moniker of music/old stuff once deemed terrible is now re-envisioned/Joy Division remastered videos
44:51 On recommending filmmaking books/The emptiness of cinematic discourse/Expanding the Cinema Cartography with new programming
1:09:48 Animal Farm (Not that Animal Farm)/'Closeness' (Tesnota) and the idea of real-life footage in film
1:17:20 Christchurch and the blurring of reality with the internet/Misunderstanding violent psychologies
1:37:33 Palworld and the idea of creativity/'I want smaller games with worse graphics'
1:58:58 Upcoming projects/The Boy and The Heron/Q&A Announcement
Comments
Bahaha! WHAT! I had to re-watch that video to work out of it was computer generated! I thought it might be Linguini from Ratatouille! Ha
hyperballadbrad
2024-02-14 15:40:07 +0000 UTCMeal prep - beautifully, and hilariously, put. That description of the Recruitment Clerk/gym bro really painted a picture.... I could almost smell the wilted, stale broccoli microwaving in its plastic trapped juices. Thankfully, I feel trapped by meal prep, so don't do it. I love cooking a lot. It's creative, it takes effort and time, and attention and you get to enjoy it after.... most of all, others may enjoy it to... it's something that can be shared and savoured. I even enjoy the washing up and putting away after. Hey... just like an artistic pursuit. No wonder the brain-dead masses believe they 'don't have time'. Of course they fucking do. They're too busy scrolling, pretending they're watching the latest Netflix release.... too busy looking down or outwards to actually take in what they chose from the 'Hot This Week' ribbon.... and basing their comments on whatever trash it is on article headlines their phones feeds them. WOW.... it's SO depressing! >.< Hahaha ---------------------------- Ladged?? Never heard of it! Haha!! ---------------------------- I really admired Lewis' comments about those people who fangirl on really basic pop stars and feels a LOT of feelings for them. You were measured and understanding. I am an unashamed pop music fan (though I'd not make a sing & dance about it on here haha), but like you made mention of, my frame of reference is so much broader. I am thankful that I desire more. I invest time in enquiring into, asking for and demanding MORE. Even when it comes to pop music. I hate to think of it being better than other people for having that, what is it, spark? But I do pity people who don't WANT more... or just accept the lowest of standards, who are slaves to the most basic of emotions/reactions. Like Luiza said, it's a really fucking depressing thought. I can get so stressed watching people around me just accepting SO very little. I always have to keep those feelings in check.... I can't change the world entire.... but I can keep engaged and encourage people I come into contact with to maybe consider outside the basic and accepted lines. Mediocrity rules......! :-/ ---------------------------- I'm excited for your aspirations for the channel too. It's admirable. For my own part, you both have directly influenced my thoughts on what is important, my approach to art, kept me engaged in very hard times to think more broadly. And today I am putting that into practice everyday. I appreciate that. So very good luck on your ventures. If you can inspire a fuck up like me, you can inspire a wealth of minds who maybe just need a nudge in the right direction.... :-)
hyperballadbrad
2024-02-14 10:56:47 +0000 UTCI'm still so glad he managed to eek out Big Fish from his creative pot before it dried out (too harsh/realistic?). It's one of my favourite films :)
hyperballadbrad
2024-02-14 10:17:16 +0000 UTCHello Lewis https://youtu.be/uLoN7YAZ-E4?si=Zkf6zEeigYfPbQUZ This is probably the cringiest video I've ever seen. Despite its length, I never finished the video alone For the Q&A The discussion on the objectivity of art in this podcast made me curious, would you guys ever consider doing a deep dive on a film you think is overrated? You mentioned in the podcast before about films you disliked from directors like Godard and Antonioni, I'm very interested on your critique of these films and would like to hear you go in depth as to what it is you dislike about the film, why you think the film is well regarded, etc.
Rattlehead
2024-02-14 06:58:48 +0000 UTCFor Luiza: what's are some brazilian pieces of art that you love? It can be music, painting, films, whatever. Um abraço pra você e pra Lewis!
J George
2024-02-11 13:22:41 +0000 UTCI watched Scorsese’s ‘No Direction Home’ doc on Bob Dylan last night and came across this quote: “It wasn’t necessary for him to be a definitive person. He was a shapeshifter, a receiver. And he articulated what the rest of us wanted to say but couldn’t say.” That is precisely how I feel about you guys. You both validated the unsure feelings and opinions I’ve had throughout the years about these subjects and topics that I wasn’t even sure were okay to verbalize. Now I know to speak my voice and always be thirsty for knowledge. You guys have given me that. Thank you.
Michael Sacco
2024-02-09 22:23:45 +0000 UTCAlso, will we get to see one of your films soon, and I'd also, if time allows, love to know your thoughts on making no budget/guerrilla films in the UK? Do you find it easy or difficult to do so here, what sort of locations attract you and what advice would you give to someone trying to do the same? Many thanks - James
James Herbert
2024-02-09 13:30:25 +0000 UTCP.S. What do you guys think of Jacques Rivette and his films?
James Herbert
2024-02-09 13:25:06 +0000 UTCSMART targets faded out during my time at school in the UK, which I only just finished last year, and were replaced with a different way of drilling inhuman productivity/achievement into kids instead called Mintpoints. I'm pretty sure this is a nationwide phenomena where you basically get 'positive' and 'negative' points for your 'contribution' in class. During the morning register, the teachers would often display these graph's on the digital whiteboard which show you in full leaderboard style who has the most positive points, who has hardly any, and who has negative points. They made it into this sick kind of competition where they constantly compare you to your classmates based on this seriously misguided system, shit on anyone who was getting negative points, without truly trying to work out why, and to increase the absurdity, compared point totals between different classes but also with whole year groups. After every lesson, teachers would assign points to individuals but if you just quietly made notes and didn't ask any questions, you would never get any of course. They would even showcase the final totals in the assembly they always held at the end of every school year. Greatly looking forward to the expansion you guys will be undertaking with The Cinema Catrography this year, loved the new essay and can't wait to see the first video deep-dive! Thanks for yet another captivating discussion, James Herbert
James Herbert
2024-02-09 13:23:34 +0000 UTCSMART goals were a big thing here in the States. Although, I'm not sure if anyone cared. I certainly didn't and the teachers would accept any basic thing you wrote. Good times for sure.
Christian
2024-02-09 02:16:08 +0000 UTCYes, Luiza, on Tim Burton. I love that sequence in Beetlejuice where they step outside the house into this bizarre Technicolor Dr Caligari-esque landscape and they get chased back into the house by that big dragon worm! No realistic ‘fantasy’ cgi could come close to the soul in this moment. Burton has lost his marbles for sure
Rebecca Orton
2024-02-09 00:27:45 +0000 UTCThe best way to learn how to make a film is to watch them. Find a film that is perfectly constructed and watch it again and again until you understand, to your best ability, how it has been assembled. So many books on filmmaking are written by people who fall into the ‘Those Who Can’t Do…’ category. Only one has affected me and that was ‘In the Blink of an Eye’ by Walter Murch.
Rebecca Orton
2024-02-08 17:30:16 +0000 UTC
