Die My Love with Alison Willmore
2/22/20263 hr
Our Lynne Ramsay series comes to a close with last year's Die My Love, which brings us to the realization - damn, have we really never talked about Jennifer Lawrence before? Join us and Vulture's Alison Willmore as we do a full career deep-dive on J.Law, and grapple with this film and Mubi's decision to purchase it out of Cannes for a buttload of money. Read the NY Mag profile of Darren Aronofsky from 2017 Read Alison's work at Vulture Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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[upbeat music] Blank Check with Griffin and David. Blank Check with Griffin and David. Don't know what to say or to expect. All you need to know is that the name of the show is Blank Check.
Griffin Newman· Host0:18
I'm stuck between wanting to do podcasts and not wanting to do podcasts at all.
David Sims· Host0:28
That's great. What was that?
Griffin Newman· Host0:30
That's my favorite line in the movie.
David Sims· Host0:32
Okay.
Griffin Newman· Host0:32
Which is when she's at the party with the neighborhood families.
David Sims· Host0:36
Yes.
Griffin Newman· Host0:36
And the woman asks her, "What do you do?"
David Sims· Host0:38
Yeah, "I'm a writer," whatever.
Griffin Newman· Host0:39
No, no, that's not what she says.
David Sims· Host0:40
She doesn't say that.
Griffin Newman· Host0:41
In fact, what she says is the thing I just quoted. She said, "I'm stuck between wanting to do something and not wanting to do anything at all."
David Sims· Host0:49
Yeah. You're right. That's a good line.
Griffin Newman· Host0:51
It- Been there. It's a, it's- It's relatable.
Alison Willmore· Guest0:53
Incredibly relatable.
Griffin Newman· Host0:53
It's, it's a real... You, you have, uh, captured something in words perfectly performed by one of our most powerful movie stars that I have never been able to quite get my hands around.
David Sims· Host1:08
Jennifer Lawrence. Is she one of our most... She is, I guess.
Griffin Newman· Host1:11
I'm, I'm choosing the word powerful.
David Sims· Host1:14
You can use a different word.
Griffin Newman· Host1:14
Just in terms of the power of what she does, like her work.
David Sims· Host1:19
You remember how when Angelina Jolie was sort of the number one most famous actress of her age, right?
Griffin Newman· Host1:24
Mm-hmm.
David Sims· Host1:25
Like, was the- Mm-hmm ... the, I guess, consensus A-list movie star who was a woman.
Griffin Newman· Host1:29
Of her generation?