Dr. Peter Weller
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My mom said, well, I feel like the caboose at the end of the train. She goes, okay. I said, yeah, but I got nothing to say. My mom says, oh, don't say anything. Just shut up and listen. I go, duh, duh. If you're with some smart people. But my thing is, my ego always wants to intersect. Of course. You were talking about his history. I want to throw it in. So Ali takes me to this Picasso thing.
I don't want to go to Curly Q's and look at the, no, this guy's a figurative realist. You start in the basement when he's 12 years old. And then he paints unbelievably, draws. It's not like a guy just started off doing the Guernica. with abstract impressionistic horses being blown up. You know, the guy's a realist. Then the guy's a cubist. Then the guy's an abstractionist. Abstract impressionist.
I don't want to go to Curly Q's and look at the, no, this guy's a figurative realist. You start in the basement when he's 12 years old. And then he paints unbelievably, draws. It's not like a guy just started off doing the Guernica. with abstract impressionistic horses being blown up. You know, the guy's a realist. Then the guy's a cubist. Then the guy's an abstractionist. Abstract impressionist.
I don't want to go to Curly Q's and look at the, no, this guy's a figurative realist. You start in the basement when he's 12 years old. And then he paints unbelievably, draws. It's not like a guy just started off doing the Guernica. with abstract impressionistic horses being blown up. You know, the guy's a realist. Then the guy's a cubist. Then the guy's an abstractionist. Abstract impressionist.
The guy goes all the way through it. I go, okay, where do I start? She says, okay, pick up a book on impressionism. Monet. Monet, Monet. Those are the easiest guys to do. So I do that. I study Ford, Cezanne. I go through all these guys I like. Then you start going backwards. You end up with the Renaissance, man, and you don't know what the Renaissance is, brother. That's some history.
The guy goes all the way through it. I go, okay, where do I start? She says, okay, pick up a book on impressionism. Monet. Monet, Monet. Those are the easiest guys to do. So I do that. I study Ford, Cezanne. I go through all these guys I like. Then you start going backwards. You end up with the Renaissance, man, and you don't know what the Renaissance is, brother. That's some history.
The guy goes all the way through it. I go, okay, where do I start? She says, okay, pick up a book on impressionism. Monet. Monet, Monet. Those are the easiest guys to do. So I do that. I study Ford, Cezanne. I go through all these guys I like. Then you start going backwards. You end up with the Renaissance, man, and you don't know what the Renaissance is, brother. That's some history.
This is history for weirdos. You get back to the Renaissance. This ain't just the Ninja Turtles.
This is history for weirdos. You get back to the Renaissance. This ain't just the Ninja Turtles.
This is history for weirdos. You get back to the Renaissance. This ain't just the Ninja Turtles.
No. This is war, politics, taxes. This is accounting. This is intellectual history. This is humanism. It's the rebirth of. of Cicero, Marshall, that's the rebirth of science. And you go, I don't want to read this shit. Obviously you did, though. But you did, yeah. No, but I was embarrassed into it, man, because of your anniversary. This is to bring us around. We're all coming back. No, man.
No. This is war, politics, taxes. This is accounting. This is intellectual history. This is humanism. It's the rebirth of. of Cicero, Marshall, that's the rebirth of science. And you go, I don't want to read this shit. Obviously you did, though. But you did, yeah. No, but I was embarrassed into it, man, because of your anniversary. This is to bring us around. We're all coming back. No, man.
No. This is war, politics, taxes. This is accounting. This is intellectual history. This is humanism. It's the rebirth of. of Cicero, Marshall, that's the rebirth of science. And you go, I don't want to read this shit. Obviously you did, though. But you did, yeah. No, but I was embarrassed into it, man, because of your anniversary. This is to bring us around. We're all coming back. No, man.
I know Rauschenberg. I've had a beer with him. I know Warhol. He's taken my picture eight times. I'm a grease lightning with hanging out in New York, man. And all of a sudden, I'm at the International Film Festival of Japan with...
I know Rauschenberg. I've had a beer with him. I know Warhol. He's taken my picture eight times. I'm a grease lightning with hanging out in New York, man. And all of a sudden, I'm at the International Film Festival of Japan with...
I know Rauschenberg. I've had a beer with him. I know Warhol. He's taken my picture eight times. I'm a grease lightning with hanging out in New York, man. And all of a sudden, I'm at the International Film Festival of Japan with...
I was telling Mark this with the great Jean Moreau and Truffaut's actress and the great Mike Medavoy, producer extraordinaire, born in Shanghai, no less, and Vittorio Storaro. I was telling several people, I've got to remind people that Vittorio Storaro is, if I say films to you, like... The Last Emperor, Sheltering Sky, Apocalypse Now, Dick Tracy, Last Time Gone Paris.
I was telling Mark this with the great Jean Moreau and Truffaut's actress and the great Mike Medavoy, producer extraordinaire, born in Shanghai, no less, and Vittorio Storaro. I was telling several people, I've got to remind people that Vittorio Storaro is, if I say films to you, like... The Last Emperor, Sheltering Sky, Apocalypse Now, Dick Tracy, Last Time Gone Paris.
I was telling Mark this with the great Jean Moreau and Truffaut's actress and the great Mike Medavoy, producer extraordinaire, born in Shanghai, no less, and Vittorio Storaro. I was telling several people, I've got to remind people that Vittorio Storaro is, if I say films to you, like... The Last Emperor, Sheltering Sky, Apocalypse Now, Dick Tracy, Last Time Gone Paris.
The first guy to filter Technicolor. I was allowed to filter Technicolor because Technicolor, it was the mafia. You had to do your three-bath thing, and they checked your movie, and if they liked it, fine. If they didn't, no good. Well, they sold the lab to Rome, and Dario Argento, the great expressionist horror film, does a couple films with Vittorio, and they're off and running.