'Blink of an Eye' writer & director, Paul Taublieb
BLISTER Podcast
BLISTER
4.8 • 560 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
If the story told in the new film Blink of an Eye weren’t true, nobody would believe it. Friendship, brotherhood, heroes, triumph, tragedy, and redemption are the topics, and we discuss all of them on our latest Blister Podcast with the film’s writer & director, Paul Taublieb.
If you are interested in or intrigued by auto racing, you will love this one. And if you have zero interest in NASCAR, then you especially need to listen, for reasons we’ll explain.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- On being a storyteller (3:02)
- How Paul got into filmmaking (7:19)
- Producing X Games & freestyle motoX events (15:07)
- What is Blink of an Eye about? (18:22)
- Making films about heroes (26:54)
- Racing as “playing chess at high speeds” (30:04)
- The emotional rawness of this film (36:49)
- What separates the best racers from very good ones? (46:00)
- The (political) importance of being open minded (51:14)
- How does Blink of an Eye fit with your other work? (1:00:44)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Blister podcast, a program dedicated to interesting people, the great outdoors, |
| 0:06.9 | and a bunch of other stuff we like. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can |
| 0:12.0 | check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com. |
| 0:20.2 | If the story told in the new film, Blink of an Eye, weren't true, nobody would believe it, |
| 0:27.3 | and everyone would criticize the film for being way too far-fetched. |
| 0:32.5 | But the story told in Blink of an Eye is true, and it is a story that explores classic themes of |
| 0:39.4 | friendship, brotherhood, heroes, triumph, tragedy, and redemption, while being set in the |
| 0:46.4 | modern-day world of stock car racing. |
| 0:50.1 | So if you are interested in or intrigued by auto racing, I promise that you will love this film and enjoy this conversation. |
| 0:58.6 | And if you happen to have zero interest in NASCAR, then I would actually argue that you especially need to listen to this conversation and see this film for reasons that I'll get into here with the writer and director of |
| 1:12.2 | Blink of an Eye, Paul Talbleeb. Paul has been writing, directing, and producing big wave |
| 1:18.6 | surfing films, auto and MotoGP race films, and freestyle motocross films for over 20 years, |
| 1:26.7 | including the Emmy Award winning film, Unchained, |
| 1:30.1 | The Untold Story of Freestyle Motorcross, which is a fantastic film, and it is available on Netflix |
| 1:37.1 | now. Paul has also worked on films for ESPN's 30 for 30-30 series, and he was instrumental in the creation of the X games. |
| 1:48.0 | So, in other words, Paul has done a lot of stuff, and his latest film, Blink of an Eye, |
| 1:54.3 | centers around the fateful racing of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001, and the lives and the backstories of Michael Waltrip, |
| 2:04.6 | Dale Earnhardt, Sr., and Jr., and really the entire NASCAR community. |
| 2:10.6 | Blink of an Eye is a remarkable film and another significant achievement in the career of Paul |
| 2:15.6 | Taublieb, and you can pre-order the film |
| 2:18.4 | now on iTunes, and then watch the film on November 5th, on iTunes, and on a number of other |
| 2:24.9 | digital platforms, including Vimeo on Demand and Amazon Prime. And you can also, right now, watch |
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