Enter The Void

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In this show, William Beutler and Renan Borelli, formerly of KubrickCast, examine one mind-bending film per episode. Directors whose films are likely to come up: David Lynch, Werner Herzog, Christopher Nolan, Terrence Malick, Terry Gilliam, Lars Von Trier, and yes, Stanley Kubrick.

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S1E10: SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

Hard to believe, but we're finally at the end of the inaugural season of Enter The Void. We close out with one of the most polarizing films of the last ten years: Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York . Simultaneously brilliant and frustrating, obvious and impenetrable, Synecdoche features Philip Seymour Hoffman as theater director Caten Cotard whose life falls apart as he tries to put it together, and as it stretches ahead of and behind him. To summarize it is impossible, and so we won't try. ...

Dec 02, 2015•1 hr 15 min

S1E9: ENTER THE VOID

With our ninth and penultimate episode of season 1, we're finally getting to the namesake movie of this very podcast: Enter The Void , Gaspar Noé's dreamlike, drug-like meditation on sex, death, and the afterlife. Presented entirely from the perspective of Oscar, a young American living in Tokyo, it gives viewers an experience of seeing something through a character's eyes like they've never seen before. S1E9: Film: Enter the Void (2009) Director: Gaspar Noé Starring: Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel...

Nov 25, 2015•1 hr 21 min

S1E8: HAPPINESS

The year 1998, averred one critic at the time, would be remembered as the year of There's Something About Mary , Monica Lewinsky's dress, and Happiness . Almost 20 years later, is that quite how it worked out? When Todd Solondz's follow-up to Welcome to the Dollhouse first arrived, it drew raves from critics, controversy over its frank subject matter, and rejection by its major studio backer. The eighth episode of Enter The Void considers the story of Happiness and what we should make of it toda...

Nov 18, 2015•1 hr 11 min

S1E7: SCHIZOPOLIS

Six years and four films after Sex, Lies and Videotape , Steven Soderbergh was in a creative funk. History has since recorded the incredible streak of successful commercial entertainments he made beginning with Out of Sight. And just before he did so, Soderbergh made this experimental comedy, a home movie project starring himself, his ex-wife, their friends, and a complex topology that makes it as much of a mind-bender as anything else we've talked about all season. S1E7: Film: Schizopolis (1996...

Nov 11, 2015•1 hr 2 min

S1E6: LOST HIGHWAY

When Lost Highway arrived in theaters in early 1997, Lynch's reputation was on the line, critics hated it, basically no one went to see it... and yet almost 20 years later, for as flawed and occasionally incomprehensible as it may be, it is also one of David Lynch's strongest and best-realized visions. In the seventh episode of Enter The Void, Renan and Bill consider all of this and David Foster Wallace's famous essay on Lynch making this movie. S1E6: Film: Lost Highway (1997) Director: David Ly...

Nov 04, 2015•1 hr 23 min

S1E5: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD

For the fifth episode we talk about the third feature film by the great Werner Herzog: S1E5: Film: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) Director: Werner Herzog Starring: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo Film links: IMDb: Aguirre, the Wrath of God Wikipedia: Aguirre, the Wrath of God Wikipedia: Lope de Aguirre Wikipedia: Gonzalo Pizarro Wikipedia: Gaspar de Carvajal Non-film links: Podcast drama! Richard Dietsch w/ James Andrew Miller Show links: Website: enterthevoid.fm Twitter: @enterthepod Fa...

Oct 28, 2015•58 min

S1E4: HOLY MOTORS

The fourth installment of Enter The Void is about possibly the strangest recent Cannes hit you can find on Netflix: S1E4: Film: Holy Motors (2012) Director: Leos Carax Starring: Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Kylie Minogue, Eva Mendes Links: IMDb: Holy Motors Wikipedia: Holy Motors YouTube: MERDE from Tokyo! Show links: Website: enterthevoid.fm Twitter: @enterthepod Facebook: Enter The Void Podcast Spotify: Enter The Void playlist...

Oct 21, 2015•1 hr 1 min

S1E3: MAPS TO THE STARS

For the third time out Enter The Void takes on a newer film, in fact, it's master of body horror David Cronenberg's latest California-by-way-of-Canada extravaganza: S1E3: Film: Maps to the Stars (2014) Director: David Cronenberg Starring: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams Links: IMDb: Maps to the Stars Wikipedia: Maps to the Stars Review: Matt Zoller Seitz Show links: Website: enterthevoid.fm Twitter: @enterthepod Facebook: Enter The Void Podcast Spot...

Oct 14, 2015•56 min

S1E2: PRIMER

In the second installment of Enter The Void , we try our best to disentangle the 2004 winner of the 2004 Sundance grand jury prize, truly an example of how movies like this can hurt your head if you try to think about them. S1E2: Film: Primer (2004) Director: Shane Carruth Starring: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan Links: IMDb: Primer Wikipedia: Primer Infographic: How time travel works in Primer Infographic: The nine timelines of Primer Show links: Website: enterthevoid.fm Twitter: @enterthepod Fa...

Oct 07, 2015•1 hr

S1E1: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

It'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 P...

Sep 30, 2015•1 hr 5 min

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