Episode 131 - Alex Ross Perry

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Alex Ross Perry is a New York born and bred filmmaker. In shows in his movies, too: The Color Wheel, Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth, Golden Exits. A staple in contemporary independent cinema his latest, Her Smell, stars Elizabeth Moss as a ’90s punk rock star whose at the end of her rope. We talk his hypnotic new film (out April 12th), discarding unhealthy relationships, the toll of making indie films in 2019, and why he puts film before anything (or anyone) else. You can donate to Talk Easy here: http://talkeasypod.com/donate/

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:07.0	And I thought. And I thought at 20 if I can get to that point then everything will be great.
0:18.5	And of course everything was not great because I was poor.
0:21.0	None of this was paying me a dime,
0:24.3	and I would be given a round trip,
0:28.1	take it to another country in a hotel room,
0:30.4	and I would go home and have to do everything I could not to spend money.
0:35.0	So then, you know, part of that is saying, I always assumed if I got to that accomplishment,
0:38.9	then my life would be so easy.
0:40.3	But perhaps for some people, they get to that accomplishment and they think,
0:44.0	this is really all I ever needed. I can focus my energies elsewhere right now.
0:48.0	It's much more valuable for me to always say,
0:51.0	well now I would like to do this. Now I would like to try this.
0:55.0	That was Alex Ross Perry. I'm Sam Fregoso and this is Talk Easy.
1:04.0	Welcome to the show. Oh, Hey everyone. Before we get going on Alex here, I want to shout out to individuals who helped make Talk Easy happen this week. It's Jim
1:36.4	Hosking and Dustin Andresse. In case you missed last week's episode with Bill
1:41.2	Pullman, we have now set up a place for you to donate to the
1:45.8	show.
1:46.8	We are a listener supported independently operated program.
1:50.4	And so every dollar that you can send big or small,
1:55.0	whether it's $2 a month, $10 a month,
1:58.0	or just a one-time contribution of any amount,
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