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.
Believe it or not, we have arrived at the 100th and longest and final episode of ENTER THE VOID. On today's episode, your hosts Bill and Renan sit down together in person to reminisce about how they originally came up with the idea for this podcast, how they launched their earlier show KubrickCast, and even how they met in the first place. Next, they revisit their definition of a mindfuck movie for the last time, and then name their mindfuck "Mt. Rushmore" for both the greatest films covered on the series and their favorites... and a few of their least favorites. Plus, what are some films this show would cover if there was a season X+1? Which episodes were the most popular? They also take listener questions, addressing what kind of mindfuck movie they might make, what was the first mindfuck film, and could there still be a book in the future? You'll just have to listen! Finally, a massive thanks to all of Enter the Void's listeners and guest hosts and friends who helped to make this show far more popular than we could have ever imagined.
Episode links:
KubrickCast (https://kubrickcast.com/)
S1E1: Phantom of the Paradise
S1E2: Primer
S1E6: Lost Highway
S1E9: Enter the Void
S1E10: Synecdoche, New York
S2E1: Eraserhead (https://enterthevoid.fm/post/140341811787/eraserhead)
S2E2: Brazil (https://enterthevoid.fm/post/140746737767/brazil)
S2E10: The Tree of Life
S3E7: Chungking Express
S3E8: World of Tomorrow
S4E6: Last Year at Marienbad
S5E1: Solaris (https://enterthevoid.fm/post/158436330267/solaris)
S5E8: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
S6E1: Donnie Darko
S6E8: Mulholland Drive
S7E8: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
S8E1: American Psycho
S8E5: The Holy Mountain
S9E1: Total Recall
S9E2: Raw
SXE6: Mindfuck Television
SXE11: Blue Velvet (https://enterthevoid.fm/post/185863420341/blue-velvet)
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26 Jun 2019
SXE11: BLUE VELVET
For our final regular episode of the podcast (yep, the whole thing) we finally come to one of the essential films of the mindfuck movie discussion, David Lynch's breakthrough as a popular artist, 1986's BLUE VELVET. Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, and of course Dennis Hopper, it was highly controversial upon release, and soon became the favorite film of academics and critical theorists—not to mention the late David Foster Wallace—and today stands as a film classic. But how challenging is it 33 years later? What are we to make of the multi-layered symbolism, the sexual violence, how much was borrowed into Twin Peaks, Lynch's Reaganism, its 50-plus minutes of deleted scenes, and its place in David Lynch's filmography? For the last time, your hosts Bill and Renan take on one film and see where it takes them. Then in two weeks, we'll return for our grand finale, a recap / retrospective of the entire podcast project.
Episode links:
Blue Velvet on IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/)
Blue Velvet on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet_(film))
Roger Ebert initial review (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blue-velvet-1986)
Roger Ebert's follow-up column
Janet Maslin original NYT review
Slate retrospective review in 2011
AV Club retrospective review in 2011 (https://film.avclub.com/blue-velvet-1798170482)
Mental Floss list of Blue Velvet factoids
YouTube: Siskel & Ebert on Blue Velvet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uehfL60EA4)
David Lynch's "eye of the duck" concept (http://www.mulholland-drive.net/studies/duck.htm)
Cinephilia & Beyond essay on Blue Velvet
Sheila O'Malley on Dean Stockwell as Ben (https://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=6857)
BBC essay on Blue Velvet's cultural context
Stephanie Lam on BV's exploration of duality (https://offscreen.com/view/lynch_blue_velvet)
Dennis Lim on Blue Velvet and the Reagan 80s
Book: Dennis Lim's The Man from Another Place
1990 NYT article on Twin Peaks, uses "Lynchian"
Freudian analysis of the characters' favorite beers
27,000 words on BV symbolism at Idyllopus Press
DFW discusses Blue Velvet on Charlie Rose (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wie8uPgQOYE)
Blue Velvet shooting script as of 8-24-84
YouTube: Blue Velvet deleted scenes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXkopNrx9Io)
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12 Jun 2019
SXE10: GROUNDHOG DAY
Our pick for this episode is not your usual, bog standard time travel psychological horror... but then again, maybe it is? Today we are doing GROUNDHOG DAY, the 1993 romantic comedy directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. A sleeper of a mindfuck, Groundhog Day warmed hearts and tickled funny bones when it debuted early in the Clinton era, but by the 21st century it had come to be recognized for its theological significance—and then YouTube got hold of it, and the rest is history. Today, we discuss: whether it's a proper mindfuck; how long Phil actually spends in the time loop; connections to Buddhism, Catholicism and Judaism; its relationship to Camus, Sisyphus and existentialism; its place in the comedy pantheon; plus: is Ned Ryerson actually the devil?
Episode links:
Groundhog Day on IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/)
Groundhog Day on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(film))
Roger Ebert 2005 review
NYT on Groundhog Day's religious themes
National Review cover story on Groundhog Day
Mental Floss roundup of popular interpretations
Film School Rejects: DVD commentary highlights
IFC: How long does Phil spend in the time loop?
ShortList: Is Ned Ryerson the Devil?
Original Reddit Ryerson-as-Devil post
Den of Geek on the original Danny Rubin script
Michael Faust essay for Philosophy Now (https://philosophynow.org/issues/93/Groundhog_Day)
NPR on the philosophy of Groundhog Day
Empire ranks it as top all-time comedy
Fan edit: Every Day in One Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6kXx674Evc)
Fan edit: How Rita Experienced Groundhog Day
TV Tropes discussion about "we'll rent to start"
Edge of Tomorrow on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Tomorrow)
Russian Doll on Wikipedia
Friday Black on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Black)
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