A Podcast about Creative Inspiration with Branan Edgens and Anson Mount
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Adam gets a touch philosophical on the subject of creativity, discusses some memorable builds and Anson breaks out his Guillermo del Toro impression.
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We covered Isaac Newton’s monstrous nature, the inevitability of calculus, pottery, Clive Owen’s need for a foil, aesthetics as a point of view, lessons from Steven Soderbergh, following the story’s lead, relinquishing control, Sir Anthony Hopkins’ need for George C. Scott’s tension, and how audience feedback improves creators.
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We’re tremendously saddened by the loss of a great artist, humanitarian and beautiful human being. David Lynch meant a lot to many people and we were lucky to have shared time and space with him. Branan and Anson shares recollections and Branan breaks out his Lynch impression and a remastered fan film.
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Room to Dream is a wonderful biography / autobiography hybrid by Kristine McKenna and David Lynch. We recommend the audiobook version so you can Lynch tell his story in his inimitable “Great Plaines Honk” *according to Kyle MacLachlan*
Lumière and Company(1995) which is not streaming anywhere but there is a playlist on YouTube that anthologizes all the entries.
David Lynch’s entry Premonitions Following an Evil Deed by David Lynch is there.
Branan’s David Lynch fan film David Lynch: Signature Coffee has been remastered and uploaded to YouTube
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After a very busy fall season of Anson moving to a new town and Branan moving everywhere they finally find time to make contact. This episode feature a bit of Branan’s travelogues. Recommendations include ‘The Penguin’, Werner Herzog’s ‘Every Man for Himself and God Against All’, ‘Wild Robot’, ‘Anora’ by Sean Baker, The Apprentice, ‘The Name of the Wind’ by Patrick Rothfuss, and a new book called Don Quixote.
Full performance by Sean Ryan, proprietor and wizard of Leap Castle, Ireland.
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Part 2 of our conversation with AI Filmmaker Roope Rainisto gets into the philosophical, ethical and legal aspects of generative art. Is the genie out of the bottle? How do we respond and what choices do we have?
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AI filmmaker Roope Rainisto joins us from Finland for part 1 of our discussion about generative tools and working within AI’s current possibilities and limitations.
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Branan and Anson broadcast from a rooftop in Toronto accompanied by the soothing sounds of a nearby house renovation. In this Drop: Star Trek set tour, Moondog, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds, Emergence Magazine’s “Winds of Awe and Fear” by Nick Hunt and Ethernal Damnation’s INDXcoin.
And here, as read by Branan, the original apology video posted by Eli Regalado regarding his crypto currency investigation.
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Film Director Rod Lurie was in Bulgaria, deep into pre-production for his film “The Outpost” when he got the call that his son Hunter had suffered a sudden cardiac event. What you are about to hear is a story of loss, but also one of victory through the very decision to keep going.
Special thanks to Rod Lurie for sharing his story with us. Happy Father’s Day.
Extra music provided by Poddington Bear under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 International license.
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In this episode: Bilge Ebiri, esteemed film critic (New York, Vulture) and friend of the show drops by to discuss where FURIOSA fits in George Miller’s MAD MAX saga, Netflix, ATHENA, IN A VIOLENT NATURE, and the how going out to the movies is more fun and may just make you a better dresser.
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In this episode: Back surgery, heart ablation, genetic memory, the eternal jellyfish, Jules Verne, big leather books, The Heart Goes Last, The Curse, Uncut Gems, Safdie’s music choices, squid games game show, Alice in Borderland, Connections, James burke, Incan potatoes, hulked out grasses, The Holdovers featuring the mysterious Andrew Garmen, and Anson and Branan get Verklempt reading a listener review.