A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood with Marielle Heller and Tamara Jenkins (Ep. 239)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Director Marielle Heller discusses her new film, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, with fellow director Tamara Jenkins. The film retells the story of the real-life friendship between television icon Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. The story fictionalizes Juno as a skeptical writer named Lloyd Vogel, who is assigned to do a story on Mr. Rogers. Vogel is ultimately swayed as Rogers' kindness triumphs over his cynicism and he learns about empathy and decency from America's most beloved neighbor. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2020/Jan2020/ABeautifulDayintheNeighborhood_QnA_1119.aspx

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0:00.0	Hello, and thanks for tuning in to another episode of The Directors' Cut,
0:05.2	brought to you by the Directors Guild of America,
0:07.8	featuring today's top directors sharing behind-the-scenes stories of their latest films
0:11.9	and insights into the craft of directing.
0:15.0	Please take a second to subscribe to our show wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.2	In this episode, Mariel Heller takes us behind the scenes of her new biographical drama,
0:32.7	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
0:39.8	The film retells the story of the real-life friendship between television icon Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Juneau.
0:47.2	The story fictionalizes Juneau as a skeptical writer named Lloyd Vogel, who is assigned to do a story on Mr. Rogers.
0:55.7	Vogel is ultimately swayed as Rogers' kindness triumphs over his cynicism, and he learns about empathy and decency from America's most beloved neighbor.
0:58.4	In addition to a beautiful day in the neighborhood, Ms. Heller's directorial credits include
1:02.6	the feature film Can You Ever Forgive Me, and episodes of the series Casual.
1:08.1	She was nominated for the DGA's first-time feature film award for her 2015 film, The Diary of a Teenage Girl.
1:15.4	Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in New York,
1:19.4	Ms. Heller spoke with director Tamara Jenkins about filming A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
1:24.3	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:33.3	Thank you. Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation. Hi, guys.
1:36.7	Hi.
1:38.6	I had the privilege of seeing a rough cut of the movie and then watched it in my house on a link and then
1:47.0	got to watch it with an audience and a real theater and it's so beautiful and congratulations
1:53.3	thanks thank you um this is a dorky thing to start with but but I just, there was such a great sound work, I mean,
2:02.5	because I couldn't tell when I watched it at home.
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