#MUBI Podcast

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MUBI Podcast: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY — Stanley Kubrick finds heavenly music on vinyl

“In 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY pushed movies light years into the future. It pioneered the use of special effects, makeup, sound design…and needle drops.

For the season debut of our audio documentary series, host Rico Gagliano tells the story of the now-legendary classical tracks Kubrick dropped into his space movie—something the director did against the advice of just about everybody, and to the detriment of at least two composers’ mental and physical health.

It’s an epic tale about an epic film, featuring guests like Kubrick’s longtime executive producer Jan Harlan.”

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MUBI Announce MUBI Podcast Season 2 Now Available

MUBI Announce MUBI Podcast Season 2 Now Available @mubiuk #MUBIPodcast #Memoria #worldcinema

The new season of the award-winning MUBI Podcast, titled “Only in Theatres,” features great filmmakers telling stories of cinemas that made movie history, including exclusive commentary from directors Barbet Schroeder, Luc Moullet, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mary Harron, Peter Strickland, Prano Bailey-Bond, Nick Broomfield, and more. Additionally, film writers J Hoberman, Amy Nicholson, Louis Menand,…

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hiii besties does anybody have podcast recs??? preferably non fiction but i will listen to everything!!!

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da shillzone

just gonna make a fucking. megapost of affiliate and referral links for anyone who wants to support me and also get deals or whatever. i'm gonna try to be pretty clear about what i get for things also.

you get a thing, i get a thing:

Everand, formerly Scribd: read 'unlimited' (ish) books, use my link to get two free months and I also get a free month.

Mubi: it's not movies, it's cinema (it's movies). Use my link and we both get a free month.

Reel Paper: it's bamboo toilet paper with no plastic packaging and so far it's been the only one I like. It's a subscription and also spendy compared to regular toilet paper but I'm spoiled now. Use my link and we both get $15 off.

MeUndies: it's the fucking podcast underwear. I know. I know. They had a Halloween collection and I'm weak. It's so comfy I'm mad about it. Use my link and you get 20% off your first order, I get a $20 credit, enough to buy One Whole Underwear.

Unique Vintage: it's clothes, I like the collabs and am still mad about missing out on the Pusheen skirt. Don't buy anything full price imho, quality can vary WILDLY. My link will get you $10 off a $75 order and I get a $10 credit. Not the best deal but whatever.

YNAB: I was spending too much money on podcast underwear so I signed up for You Need A Budget to trick me into thinking money is real. So far it is the first thing to have ever successfully tricked me into treating money as real, and my debt situation has improved exponentially. It's $15 a month or $99 a year and my link gets you a free month, if you sign up after the trial I also get a free month.

ProtonMail: privacy-focused alternative to gmail, switching is easy peasy and it's free. Use my link to get a free month of the fancy paid version, and if you decide to sign up I get $10 off my renewal (because I pay for the fancy version).

i get straight cash:

Humble Bundle and the Humble Store: use my link to buy some video games or book bundles and I get a cut. Signing up for Humble Choice after clicking my link also gets me paid. This is literally the only referral program that pays me worth a damn.

the amazon quarantine:

amazon sucks and doesn't pay for shit except 'bounties' so ignoring all of this is fine actually. i get pennies for most things. it's bad.

Here's the fucking. 'influencer page' that Amazon gave me. I don't really know how it works. Anyway the rest of this is bounties.

You can use SNAP EBT on Amazon, apparently if you register a card using my link I get five bucks.

Audible Plus, if you use my link and sign up for a free trial I get $5 and if you actually pay I get another $10.

Audible Premium Plus is the same deal.

Amazon Prime Video, I get $3 if you sign up for a free trial.

Audible Gift Subscription, buy one for someone and I get either $8 or $10 depending on whether it's 12 months or not.

non-referral gifts:

maybe you would rather just send me a dollar or some cookies or whatever so i'll put all that here

I've got tipping enabled on this post lmao

Here's my ko-fi

Here's my Amazon wishlist, I have the occasional expensive thing on there because I also use it for things I plan to buy myself eventually

Here's my Throne, I have surprise gifts enabled so in theory you can send me random weird shit as a prank if that's something that appeals to you

[fayewongfuzao]

I transcribed most of the parts that mention Faye.

Who is Faye Wong?

Earlier in Faye Wong's career, people wanted her to be anything but herself.

Because she was from the Mainland, they tried to force her to have this Hong Kong personality because they were worried that Hong Kong audiences wouldn't accept someone who was from the Mainland.

Wong's handlers gave her an anglicized name: Shirley Wong

She didn't enjoy it. She felt forced into a fake version of herself.

But none of that apparently bothered Wong Kar-wai. Because he saw an edge that her handlers had been trying to sand away.

He was very much taken with Faye Wong who's an interesting figure because she was a Mainlander and she had a particular aura that he thought was interesting. She seemed cooler than the people in Hong Kong cause there's something kinda otherworldly about her. And in fact, she seemed cooler.

Cooler than even the Hong Kongese who think of themselves as the coolest.

Yeah, you look at her and you think 'oh that's the cool person'.

He [Wong Kar-wai] could see it and that's part of his gift.

Faye Wong with the fake persona she hated was figuring out what was next for her.

She disappeared for some time and she went to study in New York.

She roamed The Big Apple for a few months and said: 'I saw so many strange, confident looking people. They didn't care what other people thought of them.'

And then when she came back, she became a different person.

In 1993, she dropped the LP, "100,000 Whys" doing covers of songs from Western alt rockers like Tori Amos and throwing in some killer pop originals like this one called 'Flow Not Fly'.

The Hong Kong kids fell in love with her.

She was the huge rising star because it was so cool to be a fan of Faye Wong.

She was like the Nirvana of that moment.

When you mention Nirvana, I remember the way she dressed at the time. She was wearing all these grungy style clothes. And there was no internet at that time so I had no idea about Nirvana or the grunge music scene. And people were commenting 'How come Faye Wong dresses like this?'. They're not glamorous outfits that people would be expecting a Cantopop star to be wearing.

You know a lot of people obviously try to entertain and that's great. But with Faye Wong, you had to come to her. She just did her thing. She couldn't be put in a box.

In other words, Hong Kongers finally saw what Wong Kar-wai had seen years before: a Mainlander who out-cooled them all. Something totally modern which made her and her music the perfect fit for the director's next movie - a snapshot of modern Hong Kong in 1994.

Chungking Express

Story #2 featured a food server on hip Hong Kong Island played by Faye Wong, named Faye, and was like real life Faye in every way the music audience would probably recognize.

The movie-Faye dreams of leaving Hong Kong for the West. She's constantly blasting The Mamas and the Papas 'California Dreamin' like Faye Wong, movie-Faye does leave for the West. And like Faye Wong, movie-Faye also comes back changed.

Now she's an airline attendant and she's come to pay a visit to a guy she was obsessed with but never quite dated played by Tony Leung.

"WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?" she asks him.

"WHEREVER YOU WANT TO TAKE ME." says Tony.

Will they stay in Hong Kong? Will they go? Instead of telling us, Wong Kar-wai smash cuts to the end credits, accompanied by Faye Wong's cover of a different song about dreaming.

Her version of The Cranberries tune is called 'Dream Lover'. It's as joyful as the original with Cantonese lyrics that add a hint of trepidation. They're about waiting to fall into a long kiss with an enticing stranger.

It could be movie-Faye singing to Tony.

'Dream Lover' came out a month before the movie debuted. The tune was already a smash. But now the tune was about to get bigger.

Chungking Express Goes Global

And the other thing international audiences took from the film? Faye Wong.

In that great sequence when she's at the snack bar and she's dancing to California Dreamin', the first time it ever played in North America at The Toronto Film Festival, after she finished dancing, the crowd applauded because it was such a magical sequence. And people came out thinking: 'Who is that woman?'

That's the other thing about Faye Wong. Hardened film critics came out thinking 'Who was that?'

For sure, Chungking Express was a great introduction of her to a much bigger international stage. She became quite popular in Japan thanks to the film. And so she did quite a few concerts in Japan and she did the themesong of Final Fantasy the video game. So she was that big.

Noel Hogan of The Cranberries

And as for 'Dreams', after Faye Wong's cover blew up in Hong Kong in 1994, Noel Hogan and his band had some inkling it was out there.

"We knew it happened and kinda forgot about it because we were so busy touring. But then bit by bit you'd kinda hear that 'Dreams' had taken off in this country and that country . But it really really didn't hit until we went to Hong Kong and later to China that we saw the full impact of it and how big it was."

"We were absolutely shocked."

Turns out Faye Wong had popularized 'Dreams' and the band who'd written it.

Emma Lee Moss (on her cover)

"It's just such a crowd-pleaser. People are like 'oh i know that song'. It takes them awhile to figure out what it is. Unless you're in Hong Kong, in which they know exactly what you're doing."

"Everywhere you go, there's someone who loves Faye Wong. I played in China and I couldn't communicate with anyone because my Mandarin was so terrible. But the moment we started talking about Faye Wong, we're talking in Faye Wong song titles. That's how we were communicating."

An Irish kid writes a song in his room. A Mainlander sings it to Hong Kong. Then a movie sends her music everywhere.

(SOURCE: MUBI PODCAST)

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Hey bb... wanna see some hot action?

Search Google for “Midnight Climax”

have a piece titled |}|_€^|< ^^[=@+ in Kenji Siratori’s HYPER-ANNOTATION #001

and a piece titled "Synodic Ganglia" in this one, also from Kenji Siratori.

read I ONLY WANTED TO MAKE YOU NERVOUS at Coprolaliac Press

supplied video / voice for this short film by Zak Ferguson

available NOW from SWEAT DRENCHED PRESS.

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meanwhile:

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and the piece FLOATING STAIN appears in issue 0 of AGON Journal, available for FREE in PDF form.

you’ll see i’m listed as part of the “Male Choir” (N. Casio Poe).

i’m the one that does the big “yeaaaaaaaagh” part.

other music i’ve done (just vocals/lyrics)

here

here too

LIVING ROOM - Corrugated Asshole - got some vocals on this one.

close as you’ll get to a “biography” of my time in music, which i guess is over, but who knows.

same podcast as above, except we all being chucklefucks about trash horror

MUBI page

Goodreads profile

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Hello again M🕵🏻‍♀️,

I just read your answer to the 1950s film anon with the MUBI screenshots and got so very excited! 📽️😻🎞️

Your suggestions are in oh-so-excellent tastes! I had to come here to share my favs (okay some might be from the 60s…😳🫢)

🚬”Breathless” (Jean Seberg & Jan Paul Belmondo, need I say more?!)

🥲”Bonjour Tristesse” (again, Jean Seberg, and the novel by Françoise Sagan was an absolute banger too!)

📸 “Rear Window” (My fav Hitchcock. James Stewart is actually not annoying in this one.)

🌂”Mon Oncle” (Jacques Tati might be an acquired taste, esp. in America…but I love the minute details he obsess over in all his films that create the whole quirky-kitsh-odd, sometimes bizarre atmosphere)

💎”Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (🙄I know, cliche…but I just love Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard in this one, even with the despicable depiction of quasi Japonesque character Mr. Yunioshi played by Mickey Rooney. Funny how Peppard also went on to act in action films/shows later, just like Belmondo)

👑”Roman Holiday” (I’m partial to Gregory Peck in this one.)

⛵️”Plein Soleil” (Alain Delon is breathtaking in this one…)

Ohgosh~🫣there already are too many! Sorry! I’m just so excited for the transformation of your space where I can now find and talk about two of my odd varieties of obsessions (Bangtan & films)!

P.S. Much newer, but do you happen to like Wim Wenders films by any chance? What about Jim Jarmusch?

Your excitement is contagious, anon! This list takes me back to high school, each film has a different memory attached to it.

If you like Jean Seberg, I recommend listening to a series from the You Must Remember This podcast. Her career and life was discussed in detail in parallel with Jane Fonda. Look it up and you'll find it easily. The shooting for Bonjour Tristesse was a bit of a hell for Jean.

Your comment about James Stewart took me out because I understand the feeling. I'm not a fan, there's something about him that annoys me (maybe the way he talks?), but I can see that he was a good actor. I don't have anything serious to criticize.

Yes, Tati is an acquired taste. It never got to me to the point of wanting to watch a lot of his filmography, but he is one of a kind and an influence to those that came after him (Greta mentions him for the inspiration behind Barbie as well)

With Breakfast at Tiffany's, a cliche or not, does it matter? It's too iconic. Yes, it has a reputation and good material for specific tumblr/pinterest aesthetics, but for good reason. If we take all that aside, we're still left with something of value, given that it's also an adaption of a Capote novel.

There's so much to talk about Audrey Hepburn that it requires a separate post. I don't think Hollywood had another actress like her or even coming close to that kind of presence. She was a movie star in her own category. Anyway, I never became a fan of Gregory Peck (I didn't go and search his films) but damn the guy was hot. Can I have a Roman Holiday too? Just like that? 😄

Alain Delon in Plein Soleil is a sin. And a perfect summer film. With this guy, I have to manage to separate the actual person and his political beliefs from the star he was in the 60s. Same with Brigitte Bardot. Ignore and store that in the back of my head so I can enjoy the films.

As to your questions, I could never get into the Jarmusch vibe, although I did watch a few of his films. I don't have anything against him he's good and a true artist, but it doesn't match with my taste. With Wim Wenders, I know Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas, The American Friend, Pina. Again, it's the type of director that has his place in film history, but I never focused particularly on him.

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A Film Review of Close: The Soul-Touching Belgian Masterpiece

(This review may contain spoilers for Close, 2022)

This weekend I found myself yearning for a return to the Belgian countryside, not in person but through film, transported by the giant that is Close. Close captures the turning point of adolescence for Leo and Remi, the time in which we find ourselves reacting more strongly to peer pressure and our feelings of shame, desire, loneliness. A time of question- who am I? where do I stand amongst others?

Dhont captures visceral connection in this film. In his podcast with MUBI he describes it as akin to a dance, the choreography is gentle and pure. Not pure in a sense of innocence, but simplicity and focus- the object of the film is two boys who are becoming men. Mothers bring out vulnerability in emotion, highlighting the influence of masculine pressures on even the youngest minds with ideals of what should and shouldn’t be felt or expressed.

Our protagonists’ minds are at war from the start of this film, a point expressed to the viewer clearly through their bunker games. There are the moments shared between them in private, away from judgement or external perception, and there are the moments observed and eventually shaped by others. Its sentiment echoes strongly to those who know boyhood.

We have ideas of manliness that corrupt the innocent experiment of youth. Instead of freely exploring our relationship to others, we act within narrow bounds of acceptability. That limits us, it reduces our humanity.

There is none that is more true for than the young and queer. Whilst queerness is tender here, so light it may not be weighed without intention, it is present for those who have felt this way in their younger years. There are small, subtle acts, that we identify as the beginning of our journey. When love was shared so lightly, intimacy sweet and uninfluenced by the guidance of others. A small glance. The small placement of an arm or hand. The love that breaches the small gap between two bodies when given purposeful direction.

Lest we get away from ourselves, this film is of two friends, two souls. Their love does not conform to the pattern expected by their peers. For that, Leo withdraws, he pushes away. He is actively mean and unkind at times and seeks the friendship of others that matches what is expected of him by society. Yet it is hard to say he is at fault. Leo was never the problem; despite how much more confidence and boldness we may wish he had. He is the expected product of a broken system.

What happens next is tragic. It is not of total shock to the viewer, the breakdown of Remi and Leo’s relationship has consequential outcomes aligned to what we see hinted by an earlier incident in the bathroom. This choice by the director is an interesting one. I see it as an embodiment of a rejection that tragedy cannot be seen coming in real life. There are always signs.

Yet, everyone continues to want an explanation. Remi’s mother wants to know what Leo told him, if anything. Leo wants to know if there was a note, something left behind to make it make sense. His classmates struggle to understand how Remi’s inner struggles matched his friendly and kind disposition.

In the face of loss, we want things to make sense, simple answers, ideally those that exonerate our role in what has happened. Close is an exploration of our emotion, it takes time to explore those more extreme and gentler. Those we hope never to feel, and those we cannot escape feeling.

The symbolism is unescapable. The minds at war whilst playing in bunkers. Our ideas of manliness informed so much more by violence than gentleness.

The film starts and ends with flowers in bloom, as the seasons goes on, nature continues. Despite loss, life goes on.

Leo breaks his arm, his world shatters, yet the arms mends, his soul heals. In this storyline is my favourite moment, in which Leo’s father affirms Leo’s pain. “A broken arm hurts”. Our pain is valid, we feel what we feel, it is important to accept and acknowledge our emotion. To be a man is not to void ourselves of feeling.

Close is exposing and vulnerable. Like Leo, it forces us to acknowledge and to feel. With tear-stained cheeks we take in what it means to be human. Dhont’s choreography is a masterpiece.

[intothewings]

Do you watch YouTube or listen to any podcasts?

No podcasts. Some time ago I tried to be an adult or whatever and get into some of those news-type podcasts from NPR and NYT and I just… couldn’t. News bores me and depresses me and when I’m bored I get an absolutely miserable attitude about being alive. I have a curated feed on Inoreader that I check once every couple of days that keeps me up to date on breaking news so I’m not completely out of the loop on current events, but I keep it to a minimum. I just share the news article to the app Peech and listen to them like a podcast that way. I used to listen to ‘Ologies’ and ‘Stories from the borders of sleep’ to fall asleep, but now I just drink cherry juice and that knocks me straight out lol.

As for YouTube, I don’t really go on there anymore either. I got a Mubi subscription recently, they have a lot of independent, art house, and underground films so that’s what I’ve been gravitating to when I feel like watching something. The only YouTuber I watch consistently is Sarah Vrba, love her. I’ve been watching her for almost a decade and she’s really comforting to me. I never miss her uploads lol!<3

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MUBI Podcast: CLOSE — Lukas Dhont’s Quietly Powerful Coming-of-Age Movie

“In his Oscar-nominated CLOSE, filmmaker Lukas Dhont uses the sparest dialogue, the gentlest music, and the most pastoral of images...to tell a shattering story about the brutal ways society turns boys into men.

We're taking a mid-season break from our series on movie music to bring you this candid interview with Dhont—in which he tells host Rico Gagliano how he writes like a dancer, why this quiet film is intended as a loud political statement, and what it has in common with James Cameron's TITANIC.”

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listening to the Mubi Podcast right now. Love the closer insights of directors' vision while creating their movies. Sofia Coppola is definitely an icon