#238 Giving People a Voice (with Michael Winterbottom)

Under The Skin with Russell Brand

Russell Brand

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.8 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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This week I spoke with Michael Winterbottom, a multi-award-winning film director behind the likes of "24 Hour Party People," "Greed," and "The Emperor’s New Clothes", a film we made together in 2015. His latest film, "Eleven Days In May," focuses on the 60 children killed in the Gaza conflict last May. More Info: Find out how you can see "Eleven Days In May," here: https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00011724/eleven-days-in-may You can also see my film with Michael from 2015, "The Emperor's New Clothes," here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emperors-New-Clothes-Russell-Brand/dp/B00W9CGEZ2 Join me for a 10-minute meditation over on my other podcast "Above the Noise," only on the Luminary channel of Apple Podcasts or directly on Luminary: http://www.luminary.link/meditate Join my mailing list and find out more about a one-off special event with Wim Hof on July 10th and other exclusive news with weekly bulletins too. Sign up here: https://www.russellbrand.com/join

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Under the Skin from Luminary. This week I spoke with Michael Winterbomb,
0:03.6	a multi-award winning film director behind 24 hour party people, Greed, Wanderlad,
0:08.4	and a film that I made with him called Emperors New Closet, which is fascinating.
0:11.5	And if you haven't watched it yet, you should watch it now.
0:13.6	He's latest film 11 Days in May, focuses on the families of the children killed in the Gaza conflict.
0:18.8	Last May. If you listen to Under the Skin on Apple Podcast, please leave us a review.
0:23.3	Like Benny who said, you're doing a great job, and I've yet to find a podcast of yours that I don't enjoy.
0:27.7	Keep looking Benny, they're out there. Five stars.
0:30.5	On this part of the conversation we talk about how the death of children is tragic under any circumstances,
0:35.5	Michael's personal obligation to give a voice to the voices.
0:38.4	It's a fantastic conversation. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
0:41.1	There's a special screening of the film. I'll choose the 17th of May to find out more about it.
0:44.8	Go to PictureHouses.com.
0:47.3	Trying to achieve a quality with the annihilation of category is not a successful route.
0:52.4	That's exactly right.
0:54.0	We're in this era where it turns out we were never the boss.
0:57.7	Just a little back night.
0:59.2	What's beneath the surface of people with my ideas that define our time, the history we're told?
1:05.9	Welcome to Russell Brand.
1:07.6	Under the skin.
1:09.9	So you feel like in this film in particular, focusing on the simplicity of the universal and obvious
1:18.1	tragedy of losing a child that you can bypass the political complexity that typically
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