Movie Mindset Bonus: Interview With Director Radu Jude
Added 2024-05-02 11:00:07 +0000 UTCWill & Hesse talk to Radu Jude, the director of the new comedy feature Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World. The film features an overworked production assistant as she drives around Bucharest shooting videos for a large multinational company as a satire of the malaise and indignity of modern life. Will, Hesse and Radu discuss the film’s send-up of TikTok masculinity influencers, the relationship with earlier films edited into the movie, the various versions of Romania Jude depicts and much more..
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World is now in theaters and will be streaming on MUBI starting May 3.
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i am very grateful for his movies because now i know that in addition to sharing the same word for "yes", Russian and Romanian also have the same word for "cunt".
Christopher Price
2024-05-22 07:58:35 +0000 UTCI wouldn't say I'm trying to make people uncomfortable no. I want to uhhh how do you say uhhh plunge people into horror which is the purpose of every piece of art.
K H
2024-05-15 07:36:42 +0000 UTCI really enjoy this episode! What Radu said about trying to look at normal life around you with a cinematic perspective resonated with me because I used to feel something similar when I was younger, and it still happens from time to time. A combination of depersonalization and hyper-awareness mix in a way that make it feel like life in that moment is a movie, you imagine what angle the audience would view your position or conversation from, posture and lighting having meaning, what emotions are you expressing with your face face? What is going on out of focus around you... it's a surreal experience that makes normal life more colorful.
Valerie
2024-05-07 13:21:07 +0000 UTCCalm down, Stevie Nicks.
Ryan and
2024-05-07 01:28:31 +0000 UTCI hate to be that guy, but the word “Gypsy,” which is used at one point, is dated and considered an ethnic slur. The correct term is “Roma” or “Romani” (I can see how the latter’d be confusing when talking about/to Romanians, so the former works here). The slur was coined when white Europeans mistook the Roma for Egyptians (it’s also where the phrase “gypped” comes from, based on a stereotype of Roma being tricksters and thieves). Some Roma still use the other term because it’s more common and what they’re used to (like how some Native Americans go by “Indians”), but it’s generally better to get in the habit of using the proper, non-derogatory label. Sorry if this seems like “wokescolding” or whatever – I know there was no ill will and no one here would intentionally or unironically push anything xenophobic or racist. I certainly don’t intend to scold. As I said, it is the more common term, but it never hurts to try to change that where possible. That aside, solid episode and interview. I’ll have to check out more of this guy’s works.
Ky
2024-05-06 06:32:13 +0000 UTCJ Hoberman
George Lochinski
2024-05-06 06:25:45 +0000 UTCDoes anyone know the name of the film critic he mentions a couple times? He mentions that he review of the film “nails it.”
Richard
2024-05-05 10:33:46 +0000 UTCnear as i can tell, all eastern europeans come out of the womb with a bachelor's in continental philosophy
Fingerless
2024-05-04 14:37:28 +0000 UTCThis movie was a blast, thanks for the great recommendation guys!
Patrick Taffe
2024-05-04 03:31:11 +0000 UTCthis guy rocks
zach
2024-05-03 18:16:03 +0000 UTC(how to retweet on patreon?)
Eon Gattignolo
2024-05-03 13:29:11 +0000 UTCVery pleasant and humble man for all he's done!
Gubriel
2024-05-03 13:28:19 +0000 UTCI want to say thank you for this series again. As a human being I believe in the value and power of art, as an american sometimes art seems so frivolous and flaccid I don't want anything to do with it. Listening to smart and good people as their brains fire off and bounce ideas off of each other helps wash some of this tired cynicism off of me, and I'm really grateful. It's cool hearing people I like talk about stuff that they like, but it also runs a little deeper. praying hands emoji thumbs up emoji blowing kisses emoji
Eon Gattignolo
2024-05-03 13:24:43 +0000 UTCnope, you were a total pro
Eon Gattignolo
2024-05-03 13:22:56 +0000 UTCWill: asks about philosophical underpinnings of the movie Hesse: how did you shoot the farting scene? great interview in all seriousness
Dongo
2024-05-03 01:48:40 +0000 UTCA funny thing about this interview that I think astute listeners may be able to pick up on is that I was so nervous about talking to one of the greatest filmmakers of all time that I was physically shaking lol
Hesse Deni
2024-05-03 00:51:18 +0000 UTCAnybody scene Barbarian Sound Studio?
RG13
2024-05-03 00:03:03 +0000 UTCI go total Garfield when I hear about Romania.
RG13
2024-05-02 23:59:18 +0000 UTCRomanian contingency activated. Boy I hope there’s not too much discussion about the nasty corrupt underbelly of my home county’s society!
X3A
2024-05-02 21:28:39 +0000 UTCExcellent. I highly recommend “Aferim!” too
ResilientBastard
2024-05-02 19:08:32 +0000 UTCer
Heather aguirre
2024-05-02 19:08:26 +0000 UTCJust make a separate podcast for this. It's already supposed to be bonus content.
buttface
2024-05-02 17:12:10 +0000 UTCReal Zizek vibes on this one
Ernest Ambrus
2024-05-02 14:57:26 +0000 UTCWill says in the first 2 minutes that you should watch the movie first so probably yes
FarseerShrewd
2024-05-02 14:27:00 +0000 UTCAlways cool to hear a filmmakers perspective on their own work compared to an audience interpretation.
Ozzie
2024-05-02 14:14:51 +0000 UTCThis interview have spoilers? Should I see the movie first?
Karl
2024-05-02 13:50:23 +0000 UTCThe interview was amazing. The Ulysses part was genius from Will. Radu was IN THE MIDDLE OF REREADING ULYSSES.
T
2024-05-02 13:50:00 +0000 UTCNo Bucharest for the wicked!
The Children of Jack Acid
2024-05-02 13:47:17 +0000 UTCMy groggy morning sleep brain saw Paul Rudd, and I shuddered
Schwartz666
2024-05-02 13:44:20 +0000 UTCI liked this movie a lot, great interview. This interview makes me want to see it again now that I have a better sense of Jude.
Matthew Perpetua
2024-05-02 12:21:53 +0000 UTCRadu Jude signed a ceasefire letter in December. He's a real one. I should also point out that I'm gay.
T
2024-05-02 11:53:42 +0000 UTCRomanian representation let's fucking go
FarseerShrewd
2024-05-02 11:52:55 +0000 UTCI thought it said Rude Jude
James Blackmon
2024-05-02 11:21:03 +0000 UTC
