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S8E12: A Fly on the Wall with Lance Oppenheim
🕑 Added 2024-04-09 04:20:26 +0000 UTCDocumentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim returns to the show and talks with Bret about preserving entropy in Spermworld, inadvertently betraying the expectations of his subjects and watching dreams die on reality television.
Listen to Lance's prior appearance from 2021: B.E.E. Podcast 3/21/21
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Dana Wallace
Great show!!
James Kennedy
DNF - dry, too long on his documentaries without explaining what they are about.
Chris S.
Duh, I got my grizzlies mixed up. So he described Project Grizzly, which I saw as a kid.
J Hay
That wasn’t Grizzly Man. The guy (and his partner) on that Herzog doc didn’t have special anti-bear clothing/gear.
J Hay
Clu Gulager is, indeed, John Gulager’s dad. They used to be seen at my local Astro Burger. Clu died a couple of years ago, in his 90s. He’s in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
J Hay
Duh-KNEE VILL-nuhv
Jack
Drank some beer and ate schnitzel!
Chris S.
What was he saying about a doc he wanted to do... and then described Grizzly Man?
Rebecca
I watched Spermworld after listening to this. Compelling doc and beautifully shot!
BrienPiechos
Would also be a great casting for True Detective if Nick ever took the helm again.
BrienPiechos
And then one day, for no reason whatsoever, the people of Germany....
Poetical Gore
it is called Straight for Sperm.... gay for pay and straight for sperm!
Casey
Would be an instant top 5 episode for me. Also Vincent knows a thing or two about DIY sperm donation if you're familiar with his website.
Neil G.
it is an objectively horrible attempt at an experimental film, and to suggest it is good is a scientific foray into pseudo intellectualism...so you are objectively wrong, regardless of what you say...but nice try 😂😂
Happyhead
They broke up
Happyhead
In sex addicts anonymous they teach you that whenever you’re feeling the urge to see a prostitute just jerk off and the PNC will set in and kill the urge.
Thomas Edwards
The Spanish original is wonderful too.
Alex Waller
We'll have to agree to disagree. I love the ending
Chris N
The last 20 minutes of the movie are very bad, exposition heavy. What makes the movie interesting is its turn from a totally earnest early ‘00s rom-com (complete with Peter Gabriel cornball soundtrack) into a pretty disturbing psychological horror flick — it’s just that the movie doesn’t really commit to this tonal transformation and resorts to a tacked-on happy, redemptive ending for Cruise. I watched it back to back with Eyes Wide Shut last month, and in that context Vanilla Sky comes off as somehow both really confused and totally obvious.
Lara
i think they’re rumoured to have fallen out…
Reno D.
I will fully admit that I used to pronounce Warren Beatty that way as well... until about 10 years ago max hahaha
Reno D.
Yes he brought that up afterward. I wasn't sure if he was serious or not with his pronounciation. I'm so used to hear Villeneuve's name being butchered, I was surprised that Bret got it right the first time
James__
I think Lance was gently poking fun at a YouTuber who genuinely could not pronounce the name and had multiple attempts. Wonderful guest BTW.
Marthe Beckers
Right! Why not?
Stephen
I think he was mispronouncing it as a joke. Guest said warren Beatty wrong though which was wild.
Nick
Watched his doc tonight after hearing this. He is super talented.
Reno D.
Bret saying "Villeneuve" more or less properly and the guest "correcting" him with a pronounciation completely off was quite a reversal of what we're used to 🤣 I had a big laugh.
Patrick
Why not both?
Darren
Excited to hear Bret mention the directorial gig is looking likely, with a potential November start. I hope we hear more about the pre-production of "Relapse" in future episodes.
Patrick
Excellent guest, again! 🙌
Keith campbell
Closest a straight guy can get to feeling asexual.
Marthe Beckers
Please try to have one of the Safdie brothers as a future guest! Would be awesome
John Q. Thompson
I haven't heard his previous episode with Bret, but I'm assuming he was asked there.
John Q. Thompson
Would love to hear from him!
John Q. Thompson
Same. Really need a new, fresh B.E.E. adaptation out there on TV/streaming/film.
Brian James
Some great doc recos in this and the earlier episode.
Constantine
Good convo
richard owain roberts
am going to listen on my run. will say more later, after my run.
John Q. Thompson
Post-nut clarity is very real. Turned down sex many times after nutting because I've lost the lust.
John Q. Thompson
Must be nice.
Marthe Beckers
100% agree
Sean Preston
Awesome! The original Lance Oppenheim episode was one of my favorites ever. Excited to listen to this one
MB
I need shards HBO updates I’m going crazy over here
Reservoir Frog
Haven’t listened yet but just realised Vincent Gallo would be a superb guest
Moz
A brilliant film. It’s genuinely ambitious and avant-garde, not sure how he even got to “guilty pleasure”
Ashley
“constantly congratulated and thanked profusely for ejaculating” 😂
Poetical Gore
gay for pay and non lesbian for baby....the world is just fine
Moz
What does he think about the Eagles?
Alex Waller
Vanilla Sky is awesome and a great movie, no need for the "guilty pleasure" qualifier
Keith campbell
56:00 Bret brings up lesbians who go straight to get a baby, an interesting counterpoint to last week’s straight dudes going gay for pay.
Ddppaarrkk
Great guest
