'Ad Astra' Is a Masterpiece, and Brad Pitt Has Won 2019. Plus: James Gray on Making His Space Epic. | The Big Picture

The Big Picture

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🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Sean and Amanda dive deep into the career of Brad Pitt by sharing their top five favorite performances and examining his work in two of the year's best movies, 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' and James Gray's new space drama 'Ad Astra' (0:38). Then, Gray joins Sean to talk about his long career, working on a bigger canvas than ever before, and the perilous future of movies (48:47). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: James Gray Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up guys, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:04.9	We hope you enjoyed listening to Break Stuff, the story of Woodstock 99 on Luminary.
0:09.7	Now continuing with our 99th theme, I want to let you guys know we've got all new episodes
0:14.4	of the ReWatchables 1999 starting back up right now.
0:18.4	Since we've returned, we have rewatched Eyes Wide Shut and Election and Up Next is
0:22.3	never been kissed and many more 1999 classics.
0:26.0	And make sure to check out through Watchables 1999 on Luminary.
0:30.0	I'm Sean Fennesee.
0:39.4	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:40.4	And this is the Big Picture, a conversation show about the man, the myth, the legend, Brad
0:45.8	Pitt.
0:46.8	Later on in this episode, I have a long and fascinating conversation with really one
0:51.2	of the Hall of Fame members of the Big Picture writer, director James Gray.
0:54.4	He's got a new movie, Set in Space, called At Astra, starring Brad Pitt, who is perhaps
1:01.6	our greatest living movie star.
1:03.7	Amanda, you and I are here to talk about the top five Brad Pitt performances.
1:08.6	And there's a lot going on with Brad this year.
1:11.0	I would argue that Brad is winning 2019 right now.
1:14.8	I'm with you.
1:15.8	As long as we don't terminate comeback because you know what, Brad Pitt has always been
1:19.7	with us as this podcast is going to explore.
1:22.4	And I really resent the younger members of the ringer who are trying to put this as a
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