Brought to you by the Directors Guild of America, "The Director's Cut" will bring you the behind-the-scenes stories of today's most talked about films. Each ep...
The 500th episode of The Director's Cut!
To celebrate, we are highlighting some of our most notable discussions over our nine years on the air. We'll be revisiting the futuristic dunes of Arrakis, the streets of 1970s Mexico City, the trenches of WW1-era Europe and more as filmmakers give insight into their process of building incredible cinematic experiences.
Thank you so much to everyone who has participated in our conversation series over the years, and to you, our listeners, for supporting our show and our member’s work since we started this podcast in 2015.
You can find links to our featured Q&As below, or you can check out our full catalog wherever you listen to podcasts:
Everything Everywhere All at Once
https://dga.org/en/Events/2022/May2022/EverythingEverywhere_QnA_0422
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
https://dga.org/en/Events/2019/Oct2019/Tarantino_OnceUponATimeInHollywood_QnA_0919
Lady Bird
https://dga.org/en/Events/2018/Jan2018/LadyBird_QnA_1117
Roma
https://dga.org/en/Events/2018/Dec2018/Roma_QnA_1118
Dune
https://dga.org/en/Events/2021/November2021/Dune_QnA_1021
BlacKkKlansman
https://dga.org/en/Events/2018/Oct2018/BlacKkKlansman_QnA_0818
Wonder Woman
https://dga.org/en/Events/2017/August2017/WonderWoman_QnA_0617
The Irishman
https://dga.org/en/Events/2019/Dec2019/Irishman_QnA_1019
The Shape of Water
https://dga.org/en/Events/2018/Jan2018/GuillermodelToro_ShapeofWater_QnA_1217
Bridge of Spies
https://dga.org/en/Events/2015/Dec2015/BridgeofSpies_QnA_1015
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Goodrich with Hallie Meyers-Shyer and Max Minghella (Ep. 499)
Director Hallie Meyers-Shyer discusses her new film, Goodrich, with fellow Director Max Minghella in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, she discusses creating the titular role with Actor Michael Keaton in mind, having audiences react in the way she hoped after modeling the film off of personal experiences, and assembling a crew that helped her craft her desired feel for the film.
The film tells the story of Andy, whose wife unexpectedly checks herself into rehab, leaving him to take care of their two young children. When Grace, his daughter from a first marriage, steps up to help him, she watches him evolve into the father she never had.
See photos and a summary of this event below:
https://dga.org/Events/2024/Dec2024/GoodRich_QnA_1024
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Saturday Night with Jason Reitman and Guillermo del Toro (Ep. 498)
Director Jason Reitman discusses his new film, Saturday Night, with fellow Director Guillermo del Toro in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses originally conceptualizing the film as a one-take to play out in real time, recording the score live on set with the film's Actor and Composer Jon Batiste, and casting his Actors for how well they understood their characters' deeper interests over their recreations of sketch work.
Seen through the eyes of a young Lorne Michaels as he juggles equipment failures, actor fights and producers pushing for reruns, the film follows Lorne and his troupe of trailblazers behind the scenes leading up to the landmark show’s first airing.
See photos and a summary of this event below:
https://dga.org/Events/2024/Dec2024/SaturdayNight_QnA_1024
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White Bird with Marc Forster and Michael Pressman (Ep. 497)
Director Marc Forster discusses his new film, White Bird, with fellow Director Michael Pressman in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses the use of magical realism in the visuals of the film, filming in an empty Prague during the pandemic and working with young Actors to find character growth between the film’s time jumps.
The film follows Julian, who struggles to fit in to his new school after being expelled for bullying a student. When his grandmother hears of his expulsion, she attempts to transform his outlook on life by sharing the story of her youth in Nazi-occupied France.
See photos and a summary of this event below:
https://dga.org/Events/2024/Dec2024/WhiteBird_QnA_1024
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Lee with Ellen Kuras and Phillip Noyce (Ep. 496)
Director Ellen Kuras discusses her new film, Lee, with fellow Director Phillip Noyce in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, she discusses how her skillset as a cinematographer informed her directing, how she aimed to reach beyond the constraints of a typical biopic to create something more complex and working with Kate Winslet to capture Lee as a multidimensional character.
The film tells the true story of Lee Miller, who in the 1940s decides to abandon her career as a fashion model and become Vogue’s war correspondent during World War II. Capturing the extremes of the human experience in some of the most indelible images of war, Lee cements herself as one of the greatest war photographers of the 20th century.
See photos and a summary of this event below:
https://dga.org/Events/2024/Dec2024/Lee_QnA_1024
Brought to you by the Directors Guild of America, "The Director's Cut" will bring you the behind-the-scenes stories of today's most talked about films. Each episode features a different director interviewed by one of their peers, leading to revealing conversations about the grueling, but rewarding process of bringing their films to life.
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