A Behind The Scenes Look At "Nickel Boys"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

"Nickel Boys" had its world premiere at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival, where it received enthusiastic reviews from critics who praised writer and director RaMell Ross's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the cinematography by Jomo Fray, the score by Alex Somers and Scott Alario and the performances from the entire cast. The film has gone on to be nominated for the Independent Spirit Award, Gotham Award, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Award for Best Picture. The Next Best Picture team was lucky enough to speak with some people involved in the making of the film. First up, we have Dan Bayer's interview with director and writer RaMell Ross, followed by my conversation with stars Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson, followed by Giovanni Lago's interview with cinematographer Jomo Fray and then ending with my talk with the film's composers Alex Somers and Scott Alario. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in select theaters from Amazon MGM Studios and is up for your consideration at this year's Academy Awards in all eligible categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and these are our interviews with the director and writer for Nickel Boys, Ramel Ross.
0:09.4	The stars of the film Ethan Harisi, Brendan Wilson, the cinematographer, Joe Mo Frey, and the film's composers, Alex Summers, and Scott Alario.
0:18.9	We hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at Nickel Boys.
0:23.3	Nana.
0:25.3	Edward.
0:30.0	Elwood.
0:34.8	It's been a long wait for some good news.
0:38.4	Good news. Good news, good news.
0:42.3	Things is changing.
0:45.5	Nana, what is it?
0:47.2	I let you down.
0:50.9	I'm okay.
0:53.0	Hell, I let you down.
0:54.5	Welcome, everyone, to the Next Best Picture podcast, where we are talking with Ramele Ross, the writer and director of Nickel Boys.
1:02.7	Ramel, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:05.5	Thanks, Dan, for having me.
1:07.2	Very excited to talk to you about this incredibly special film.
1:11.6	I had read in an interview with you recently where you called your style or sensibility
1:18.6	the epic banal, which is a phrase that I absolutely love, but I was wondering if you could explain what that means to you and how it manifested
1:31.3	in Nickel Boys.
1:33.3	Well, the epic banal is kind of my, maybe it's my extension. I don't know if I've ever thought about
1:41.2	it this way. My extension of sort of like William Eggleston's,
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