Bill Hader

Talking Pictures

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Tv & Film

4.8 • 713 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Director, actor, Saturday Night Live veteran, and cinephile Bill Hader joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about his heroes (Stanley Kubrick, Joel and Ethan Coen), about writing and directing his HBO show Barry, and if you’re hoping for a few of his expert impressions, you won’t be disappointed. Hader also ventures into his movie-watching past by answering our Super 8 questionnaire. Films Mentioned: Top Gun (1986) Superbad Trainwreck* Inside Out Barry* The Shining 2001: A Space Odyssey* Dr. Strangelove* A Clockwork Orange* The Natural Oliver! Planet of the Apes (1968) Paths of Glory Mars Attacks! Evil Dead Rashomon* Seven Samurai* Ikiru* It’s A Wonderful Life Bad News Bears Shawshank Redemption The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) Barton Fink A Serious Man* Inside Llewyn Davis Intolerable Cruelty Hail, Caesar! Burn After Reading Trouble in Paradise The Apartment Five Graves to Cairo Double Indemnity One, Two, Three Sunset Boulevard Kes To Kill A Mockingbird From Here to Eternity Von Ryan’s Express Dreams (1990) The Last Detail The Great Muppet Caper Midnight Run The Black Hole (1979) *Available on Max as of 3/19 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	we watched the making of the shining,
0:02.4	I think three times in a row,
0:05.0	because we could not believe there was Stanley Kubrick.
0:08.3	And the first time you see him,
0:11.1	he starts talking like this and he's like,
0:13.0	all right, Shelley, what we'd have to do here
0:14.9	is we have to get chill over to the,
0:17.3	there's one point where he's like,
0:18.8	I think there should play in a wide shot
0:20.7	considering the situation.
0:25.0	Bill Hader knew he wanted to be a filmmaker
0:27.4	at a very young age.
0:29.4	He was obsessed with movies
0:31.0	and with directors like Steven Spielberg,
0:33.9	John Landis, and Stanley Kubrick.
0:39.0	Before Bill started directing, he became famous for his work in front of the camera.
0:44.7	He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013.
0:50.3	He stood out quickly, known for his many impressions, including date lines Keith Morrison and the actor Alan Alda.
0:59.6	Alan Alder?
1:01.7	Son, Urigo's writing checks, your body can't cash.
1:06.3	You know, that is a terrific line.
1:08.7	I feel like I understand everything about this movie just from the one line.
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