#574 — Laura McGann, Christopher Nolan

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that Christopher Nolan has a new movie out this week? You would be forgiven for missing it, because we've seen absolutely no coverage of it anywhere. Ahem. Anyway, the film is Oppenheimer, the story of the tortured genius who shepherded the atomic bomb into existence, and on this week's episode Alex Godfrey talks to Nolan about that movie, avoiding the biopic label, David Bowie, and more. Our other guest is Irish documentarian Laura McGann, who talks to Chris Hewitt about her new movie, The Deepest Breath, which dives deep (literally) into the intoxicating but dangerous world of free diving. And with Chris off again this week, Helen O'Hara hosts and is joined by Alex, Ben Travis and Sophie Butcher to discuss the films that made them cry unexpectedly, the week's movie news and, in an epic reviews section, cast their eyes over Oppenheimer, Barbie, The Deepest Breath, and They Cloned Tyrone. That's some serious Benergy right there. Enjoy.

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0:00.0	On the Empire Podcast this week, we go totally nuclear with Christopher Nolan and talk all things
0:21.2	up in Heimer.
0:22.8	We're also trying to interview Laura McGahn, director of The Deepest Breath, while holding
0:27.5	our breath turns out that is impossible, so don't try it at home.
0:32.5	All this and more on the movie podcast that is losing our damn minds over this week's
0:36.9	new releases.
0:38.2	Hi, Barbie.
0:39.2	I mean, hello, Pod.
0:41.2	I'm Helen O'Hara, once again standing in for Chris Hewitt, who is taking care of business
0:45.1	elsewhere today.
0:46.5	I'm also bereft this week of James Dyer, who is currently in a deep swoon after finally
0:51.9	securing tickets to see Taylor Swift in concert next year, because I know you were all very,
0:56.7	very invested in that drama.
0:58.9	But fear not for I am still joined by three colleagues of such lethal cunning.
1:04.4	First up is a woman who's living a life of blonde fragility.
1:07.5	It's Sophie Butcher.
1:08.5	Hi, Barbie.
1:09.5	Hi, Barbie.
1:10.5	Hi, Barbie.
1:11.5	How are you doing?
1:12.5	I'm good.
1:13.5	How are you?
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