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Filmmaker Mike Figgis on rage: the violence that shaped him, the fury he learned to turn into film, and why anger still needs an outlet. Figgis Unfiltered S2 E2. Season 2 of Figgis Unfiltered examines the human emotions, one at a time. In Episode 2, director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) takes on anger and rage — beginning with a man who insists he isn't angry, then tracing where that belief cracks. From a childhood thrown from colonial East Africa into a violent Newcastle school, to the friend who taught him to stand his ground, to the "psychedelic rage" of an out-of-body fantasy in a…
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Figgis Unfiltered
Antica Productions · Film & TV · English
Figgis Unfiltered — Season 2 coming at you with legendary film director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas, Internal Affairs, Timecode). Examining the human emotions, one at a time, Figgis turns the lens inward on the feelings that shape us: rage, desire, grief, joy, and love. One episode, one emotion,
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S2 · E4 · 8 Oct 2026 · 33 min
Desire
Filmmaker Mike Figgis on desire: the disruptive force behind every great story, why we’re drawn to the forbidden, and learning to enjoy it without acting on it. Figgis Unfiltered S2 E4. Season 2 of Figgis Unfiltered examines the human emotions, one at a time. In Episode 4, director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) takes on his favourite subject for drama — desire. Starting with Buñuel’s That Obscure Object of Desire, he argues that desire is fundamentally disruptive: the thing that arrives from left field and threatens all the stability we’ve built, from marriage to the modern dream of…
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S2 · E3 · 1 Oct 2026 · 40 min
Love
Filmmaker Mike Figgis on love: why it never quite works, what makes true love closer to friendship, and the films and songs that get it right. Figgis Unfiltered S2 E3. Season 2 of Figgis Unfiltered examines the human emotions, one at a time. In Episode 3, director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) takes on the most complex subject of all — love. He begins with the love songs of the American songbook and asks why love has all but vanished from modern music, then turns to Einstein and the philosopher Georges Bataille to ask why desire so often curdles into disappointment, and why the truest love…
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S2 · E1 · 17 Sep 2026 · 35 min
Happiness
Filmmaker Mike Figgis on happiness: why it's dangerous, the childhood moment that defined it, and why he distrusts happy endings. Figgis Unfiltered S2 E1. Season 2 of Figgis Unfiltered examines the human emotions, one at a time. In Episode 1, director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) begins with happiness — a kitchen table stripped at 3am, a boyhood night hearing Louis Armstrong's trumpet cut through the red velvet curtains of the Newcastle Odeon beside his father, and a lifetime spent watching people to understand what a genuine smile really is. He explores why happiness can only be measured…
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S1 · E13 · 20 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Writer Ian Buruma on life in Nazi Germany
In his new book, Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945, Ian Buruma explores the complexities of survival and daily life under Nazi rule. He talks to Mike about the book, his longtime interest in China and Japan, and their shared experiences with a legendary Dutch avant-garde theatre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S1 · E12 · 6 Mar 2026 · 44 min
AI comes to Hollywood
Mike Figgis and Josh Karp talk about what AI means for the movie industry, and whether there’s a positive side to the disruption. They also talk about what to do when the artists you love have done harmful things. And Mike recounts his thoughts after a trip to Berlin for the 30th anniversary screening of Leaving Las Vegas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S1 · E11 · 20 Feb 2026 · 55 min
Oscar Nominations and More Unreliable Memories
Mike and Josh Karp discuss the Oscar nominations, a favourite that didn’t make the cut, and what Mike learned from attempting to get MEGADOC into the Academy screening rooms. Then, Mike shares more strange stories from Hollywood, his performance art roots, and being a concerned dad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S1 · E10 · 30 Jan 2026 · 39 min
Unreliable Memories: A Director's Notebook
Mike keeps a notebook filled with memories – those strange, touching, unsettling or funny moments that stick with you for one reason or another. Today, he opens up the notebook and shares some of his favourites, including a couple of near-death experiences, the time he bought a bootleg DVD of his own movie, and an extreme art performance that ended with the destruction of a Picasso. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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