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Fascinating Matt Damon podcast on 90s actors, his early career & today's movie business
Posted on 10/7/18 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 10/7/18 at 2:22 pm
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It's one of the best celebrity interviews I've heard in a long time.
It's also Bill Simmons' best in a while.
He deep dives into 90s actors all going for the same rolls and how he and affleck knew they had to write their own project to really make it.
Also goes into a lot of behind the scenes movie biz stuff, such as why the $20-70 million drama is all but dead now and how and why comic book movies are so dominant.
Essentially, he said, the disappearance of the DVD market cost studios half of their gross final product. The model for riskier movies kind of imploded with no life after the theater and the focus shifted instead to international box office to make up for all that lost revenue.
Less talk, easier to follow, cookie cutter character archs and lots of effects is basically the only way to make those for everyone around the world.
It's one of the best celebrity interviews I've heard in a long time.
It's also Bill Simmons' best in a while.
He deep dives into 90s actors all going for the same rolls and how he and affleck knew they had to write their own project to really make it.
Also goes into a lot of behind the scenes movie biz stuff, such as why the $20-70 million drama is all but dead now and how and why comic book movies are so dominant.
Essentially, he said, the disappearance of the DVD market cost studios half of their gross final product. The model for riskier movies kind of imploded with no life after the theater and the focus shifted instead to international box office to make up for all that lost revenue.
Less talk, easier to follow, cookie cutter character archs and lots of effects is basically the only way to make those for everyone around the world.
This post was edited on 10/8/18 at 7:42 pm
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Posted on 10/7/18 at 2:52 pm to Jack Ruby
Posted on 10/7/18 at 4:43 pm to Jack Ruby
Did he talk about his pal Weinstein sexually assaulting all those women?
Posted on 10/7/18 at 6:01 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
I’ll have to listen.
You’d think streaming and video on demand through iTunes and Amazon would make up a little bit of that revenue lost in dvd sales. DVD sales, similar to cds, were so marked up that it must have been a huge money maker for them.
You’d think streaming and video on demand through iTunes and Amazon would make up a little bit of that revenue lost in dvd sales. DVD sales, similar to cds, were so marked up that it must have been a huge money maker for them.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 8:23 am to Jack Ruby
Great listen. First podcast I’ve ever listened to. 
Hate Damon’s liberal crap but Good Will Hunting is my favorite movie. Love Rounders as well. Podcast had some great stories about both movies. Loved the part about Malcovich’s Russian accent.
For those that didn’t listen to the podcast, here’s a video of basically that same story.
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Hate Damon’s liberal crap but Good Will Hunting is my favorite movie. Love Rounders as well. Podcast had some great stories about both movies. Loved the part about Malcovich’s Russian accent.
For those that didn’t listen to the podcast, here’s a video of basically that same story.
Youtube
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Posted on 10/8/18 at 8:40 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Did he talk about his pal Weinstein sexually assaulting all those women?
Weinstein comes up a lot.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 8:42 am to jrowla2
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You’d think streaming and video on demand through iTunes and Amazon would make up a little bit of that revenue lost in dvd sales.
I’m pretty sure those deals overwhelmingly favor the streaming service.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 10:02 am to TotesMcGotes
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I’m pretty sure those deals overwhelmingly favor the streaming service.
I wonder what kind of cut they get from Apple/Google to rent movies. I know when they sold DVDs to places like blockbuster they were $80-100 per DVD. Do they still do the same for Redbox?
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Posted on 10/8/18 at 10:54 am to TotesMcGotes
Yeah, great podcast.
I was surprised by the gap in years since Damn had worked with Weinstein. I assumed by the level of shite that Damon received, that they worked together often but it appears not since the late 90s/early 2000s had he done a film for Weinstein.
I was surprised by the gap in years since Damn had worked with Weinstein. I assumed by the level of shite that Damon received, that they worked together often but it appears not since the late 90s/early 2000s had he done a film for Weinstein.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 11:59 am to brbandit
He had the three picture deal post-'Good Will Hunting' that started with 'Rounders' in '98 and ended with 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' in '99, and then he never worked with Harvey Weinstein again.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 2:50 pm to TotesMcGotes
Really enjoyed the podcast. Downloaded it today off of my castbox app. Was very easily listening went by quickly. Was interesting to hear about how they greenlight films, successes, failures, and his room mate situation with Ben Affleck. Thanks for the heads up.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 3:55 pm to TotesMcGotes
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Weinstein comes up a lot.
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Posted on 10/8/18 at 5:42 pm to Jack Ruby
Haven't finished the podcast, but very good so far
Posted on 10/8/18 at 6:23 pm to Jack Ruby
Just wrapped it up. Thanks for the heads up
Posted on 10/8/18 at 8:12 pm to Telephone Tough Guy
Lots of irony in this interview: Ironic how Damon (with Simmons' prodding) tries to downplay his ties to Harvey, yet then Harvey's name keeps popping up in the middle of seemingly every inflection point of Damon's career.
Also funny that Damon calls out SNL for the one-sided hit job on Affleck, only to turn right around and pull a one-sided hit job on Kavanaugh days later.
Also funny that Damon calls out SNL for the one-sided hit job on Affleck, only to turn right around and pull a one-sided hit job on Kavanaugh days later.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 8:35 pm to ATLTiger24
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Posted on 10/8/18 at 9:54 pm to ATLTiger24
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Ironic how Damon (with Simmons' prodding) tries to downplay his ties to Harvey, yet then Harvey's name keeps popping up in the middle of seemingly every inflection point of Damon's career.
That could be because 95% of the interview covered his career in the 90s.
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Also funny that Damon calls out SNL for the one-sided hit job on Affleck, only to turn right around and pull a one-sided hit job on Kavanaugh days later.
He said it was offensive to them because Affleck was more than what they made him out to be. He didn’t say that SNL shouldn’t have done it or that it wasn’t funny or something.
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