BRET EASTON ELLIS on THE SHARDS in Korzo The Hague

[@arturobandini4078]

His analysis of the adult-oriented world of the 80s versus the youth-obsessed today is incredibly interesting and something I've never considered before.

[@richp7234]

Saw him in Amsterdam a couple of weeks ago. Great night, and very gracious to his fans during the signings.

[@brentsherriff7738]

I'm reading it now. It's interesting in that I am exactly the same age as Bret and I do think he is the very best at capturing what I think of as the very earliest edge of the 80's. The 80's didn't start at 1980, I always think they started late 1981. And he nails this several-months-long time period perfectly. I think of it as the very earliest beginnings of American New Wave, and especially bands like Romeo Void. Which was quite different to English Post Punk. In reflection and with age I can see how he describes Less than Zero in the Shards as being a collection of scenes, and it instantly reminded me of early Miami Vice. Oddly for a New Zealander reading the references to Split Enz & Icehouse made me smile. I need to go back and watch the music videos he did with Placebo. The school uniforms within remind me of as described in The Shards.

[@mrcurely]

Thank you for putting this up. I was walking to work last week and realised he had a book out which meant a tour. When I looked it up I realised I'd remembered too late. Missed it. Damn.

[@rockstarphantom8112]

Outstanding book. Now re-reading Less Than Zero, it's crazy at how much of Bret was molded into Clay. I know what I said 😄.

[@costanzamasi]

Great interview, thanks a lot and cheers from Italy!

[@spiritualpsycho]

Grazie mille.

[@haroldfinch8481]

Thank you for this. This was my favorite interview that I have seen from him yet. Greatness.

[@alexbielovich]

Thank you for uploading! Quite a dramatic intro, but I'll allow it 🤣

[@spiritualpsycho]

Thank you Alex. The tataki looked great.

[@JohnEuliss]

I'm definitely a Ellis fan. He hasn't written much considering he has been around for decades. He explains why he doesn't write prolifically. He writes when he is going through turmoil and anxiety which makes sense in a way if books are special events. He feels a book, how does a character think how is their inner life alive? There has to be a serial killer. Bret is gay it seems who would have known? 1981 was a good year for many reasons especially in Los Angeles. You had Richard Ramirez, the beginning of punk rock, and Ronald Reagan. Just write one paragraph a night. I like his candor. Aging can be liberating in that nothing seems to matter as much . We can relate.

[@joniheisenberg]

Amazing book. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@Bale4Bond]

26:20 probably the reason why most adult are now incapable of actually being adults

[@guy936]

He looks so sad and sick of all these people asking the same questions over and over again

[@sirmount2636]

That happens any time someone goes on an interview run.

[@lilnutty6821]

Poor guy. Would suck to be a famous and respected author 😊

[@iain2080]

Really well filmed and the timestamps in the description are a nice touch. He seems in good form, probably helps to not be hounded in the idiotic ways he was when touring "White".

[@eigasagashimono5240]

Thanx Iain. Are you also into filming?

[@conantheseptuagenarian3824]

wow. that is good fucking writing. i can really relate to the bit about a spider infestation coinciding with portents of doom. that blew my mind. well done. jesus.

[@jamesduggan7200]

Yeah, I think maybe I saw myself in someone's novel once but I didn't care at all, in fact it was pretty flattering. In fact, after that whenever anyone I knew published I'd look for myself, sometimes too hard. Is irony the right word, that they found me worth writing about and I envied them for being able to write it?

[@haroldfinch8481]

Whenever someone writes about me I get a true sense of understanding not anger or frustration. How can they help themselves? I can’t blame them. Try to be humble as an interesting person in a world full of bland people and enjoy life.

[@jamesduggan7200]

@@haroldfinch8481 Yes, that's a healthy attitude, tho I suppose from BEE's perspective the thing making the character interesting enough to write about could be the kind of thing someone is uncomfortable sharing, idk.

[@joekiddyshaw5757]

💜 Ya Bret !

[@luzgallegos6779]

Que lastima que no existe un futuro dónde Philip Seymour Hoffman pueda interpretar a Bret en una película 😢

[@Xenon777channel]

@random spammy commenter w/ the deleted comment ーー》 David Duchovny & Julia Louis-Dreyfus influencing thousands of viewers globally in the TV show example I cited (which is quite repetitive in USA recently so many people cancel American TV and try turning towards other nations), and Bret Easton Ellis influencing thousands of people all over the world to do a specific type of drugs which he glamorizes after reading his books or watching one of his movies, is an important topic as I care about how popular TV influences people politically and in decision-making. Even though his books are amoral and mostly for entertainment purpose or prosaic English language admiration purpose, the stories often involve narcotics in a ' super cool way ', and other unequal scenes such as a 100% white actor cast, i.e. the opposite of Louis-Dreyfus sort of 'exalting' the blacks and Jews of America like they get the coolest roles, while the white guy is someone questionable, also shown in TV series such as Suits where the white people are all scammy, even if subliminal in the story writers mind / actor selectors mind. So basically it's an important topic which needs to be investigated. It's also possible that the U.S. can swiftly return to apolitical cinema, so global viewers of TV don't need to turn off the U.S. & switch to Canada, Italy, France, Sweden, China, Taiwan, Japan Etc. as alternative cinema & TV series without all the indoctrination via actor choices, role choices, and story choices. The main difference is Bret Easton Ellis's cinema & TV is leaning towards amoral and apolitical, while the Louis-Dreyfus example, and all the 'subliminal education' in Suits, White Collar and dozens of others is heavily political. Globally, we prefer to watch very high quality TV without all the constant " In this TV show the white guys are the assailants, and the blacks & Jews are the heroes which have to vie against them. " ... It's like: No, just chaos, no teaching me.. * OFF *. TV isn't supposed to be a globalist, promiscuous, heroin/cocaine/cannabis, 'equality' of ethnic group, pro-feminist-elitism, anti-white-ish " Indoctrination 101 - Class Of 7 Years You Attend Daily. ", so people create a " zealous heart " of these selfish-ish values and have memories of the worst drugs in the world being glamorized heroically. That's all junk TV! TV should he chaotic & natural, like 'anything goes' which is not the case. There's a giant pressure to create " junk TV " which tows the political line in stealthy ways via actor choices Etc.

[@Xenon777channel]

This guy caused the movie " The Informers (2008) " which is one of the rare " 100% white " Hollywood movies, so he's probably got a crosshair on his head from some left wing snipers in New York & California. I was not at all expecting it to be a 100% white movie. It's a quite interesting movie, especially compared to the 'crap' on TV in recent years!! It's all fast productions full of political discussions & innuendo, it's like " Ok we're going to film 1 episode in 3 days " instead of " 1 movie in 2 years ". It's a bit weird like really low quality TV with political messages like " The lesbians which are of black & white race have a love story... then celebrate Hanukkah... quick hurry film it in 3 days !! (The cancelled Netflix First Kill) ", while a movie is supposed to be a 2 year polished high quality creation, to watch in home cinema. Not " crap & Coca-Cola ". Today on TV I saw David Duchovny and Julia Louis-Dreyfus arguing for 3 minutes about black immigration & Jewish history in USA! I'm like what are they 'teaching' in TV series? Ok... and then on the flipside what is Bret Easton Ellis teaching? Not much it's mostly entertainment and coolness. He also mentions The Informers (book & movie) at 22:25 in this interview. Additionally he says it took him 3 years to write the book which caused the movie, ok thanks found some info here. And by the way is it ' legal ' to have a 100% white movie in USA? A lot of us which are not Americans yet 98% watch American TV sort of don't care about the " Great Southern war " or " When black men in Alabama were set free " like we're in Europe & not even related to those " Irish whiskey bastards " Etc. So when Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 'educating' us about the Jewish enclave in New York with all their security we're like (　￣.)o- OFF　　【　TV　】

[@spiritualpsycho]

It must be a huge relief for you to get all this off your chest after all these years.

[@Xenon777channel]

​@@spiritualpsycho - The examples I cited are all recent. Netflix First Kill cancelled a few months ago, watched The Informers (2008) a few weeks ago, and saw Julia Louis-Dreyfus debating about Jewishness in USA & black immigration in USA on a TV show today this afternoon. It's very common that American TV focuses on " Jewishness issues " and " blackness issues "... and also lesbian issues and so forth, like 'very common topics' instead of amoral cinema such as Bret Easton Ellis's books/cinema which seem mostly amoral, they are not teaching any morals or politics, IME. Also I am not 'getting something off my chest after years' I write these type of comments every week in youtube, Instagram & talk with people about it when necessary. I recommend Bret Easton Ellis's Glamorama as a high quality novel, it's one of my top 20 favorite fiction books, it's just like cool & well written. Reading it along with Neuromancer by William Gibson right now recently. Bret Easton Ellis I believe has been very influential in USA & worldwide with his novels, and the movie adaptations i.e. The Informers, 2008... I was just noting that it's one of the rare 100% white American movies which is almost non-existent now, as there's a " rule " that all American TV has to be only 50% white sort of, however not a law. The U.S. is a country of many subcultures & many ethnic groups. The current trend to try to converge them all into one, is sort of ridiculous. Japanese such as yourself move to California to attend UCLA or to start a small business, have a better life, extend Japan into other countries. Indians have taken over Google (Alphabet), Jewish neighborhoods in New York are hostile towards many minorities, and also Israel is hostile towards all of it's neighbors, especially Iran.

[@Bale4Bond]

@@Xenon777channel If a long, wet fart was a text, it would be yours. I don't remember the last time i've read such pretentious drivel.

[@nuntissonne3943]

@@Xenon777channelWhat are your 20 favorite works of fiction?

[@Leon-hv4tf]

Floaty light

[@munch314]

bret is tired of this shit