I’m not proud of this, but last year I got into a full-blown fist fight at The Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip. I always try to avoid that sort of thing, and it was the first unhinged street fight that I’d been in since I was probably about 12 years old. I was both weirded out and exhilarated by it enough to feel compelled to write about it in detail online afterward (I’ve since deleted it) and the next day, Matthew Wilder reached out to me to go have breakfast to hear all about it. He was happy and excited to hear all about me socking some Saudi prince in the face a couple of times in self defense. We knew each other a little bit, but hat was actually the first time that we met face to face. I always thought that was funny.

Matthew has a love and an encyclopedic knowledge of film that rival’s Tarantino’s. He’s one of the sharpest guys that I know, and he’s well known for having no hesitation in expressing his strong and well formulated opinions. Behind all of his snark, he’s also a genuinely kind soul.

We sat down for another breakfast out on the sidewalk of The King’s Road Cafe in Los Angeles, and talked about his latest film Dog Eat Dog, growing up with drive-in movies, the value of the communal experience of actually going to movies, Eddie Bunker, and working with Paul Schrader among many other things. We also mention his upcoming films that he will be directing, Morning Has Broken and Bod Company: The Cotton Club Murders. I’m personally really excited about both of them.

Here are some clips and trailers of some of the films that we’ve mentioned in our conversation.

Here is our conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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