About this episode

The episode features interviews with filmmakers NASTASYA POPOV and CINQUE LEE discussing their respective films IDIOTKA and LAST RIDE.

It's a jam-packed show this week on BEHIND THE LENS with two fantastic films and two equally fantastic filmmakers, both of whom are enthusiastic, energetic, and excited about filmmaking. You’ll be hearing from writer/director CINQUE LEE in the second half of the show, talking about his new film LAST RIDE. But first up is my exclusive interview with writer/director NASTASYA POPOV, going in-depth about her narrative feature directorial film, IDIOTKA. In this sharp, irreverent comedy, a disgraced fashion designer with a dangerously low credit score, Margarita, enters a reality show (a la Project Runway) with a six-figure cash prize that would save her babushka’s West Hollywood apartment. But as the competition intensifies, the show’s slick producer Nicol pushes her to spin her family’s struggle into spectacle, forcing Margarita to decide whether to play along or take control of her own narrative, one unhinged look at a time. Written and directed by Nastasya Popov, IDIOTKA stars Anna Baryshnikov, Camila Mendes, Julia Fox, Benito Skinner, Saweetie, Owen Thiele, Galina Jovovich, Mark Ivanir, Nerses Stamos, and Ilia Volok. In this conversation, NASTASYA POPOV goes deep into the making…

People in this episode

Host: btlradioshow

Guests: NASTASYA POPOV, CINQUE LEE

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• comedy
• reality TV
• interviews
• film production
• immigration

Keywords

• filmmaking
• IDIOTKA
• LAST RIDE
• reality show
• comedy
• Nastasya Popov
• Cinque Lee
• film production
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: IDIOTKA, LAST RIDE

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