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Unspooled

BONUS REEL: Rian Johnson

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.55K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In a new Bonus Reel, Paul & Amy are joined by Rian Johnson, writer/director of "The Last Jedi" and "Looper", to talk about the three films he would add to the AFI list, and his new movie, "Knives Out." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome to Unspooled Eye Impulse Sheer.

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I am Amy Nicholson.

0:26.0

And this is a bonus reel.

0:28.0

Bonus reel?

0:29.0

Alright, we are talking to one of our favorite film directors today, Ryan Johnson,

0:34.0

is a brand new movie I'll call Nia's out.

0:37.0

And he's, I think, such an interesting guy because he often is talking about his favorite films.

0:45.0

And we thought that this would be a great guy to talk to about what he would like to see on the list.

0:49.0

I feel like his choices are going to be really interesting.

0:52.0

Yeah, because I feel like when you look at Ryan Johnson, online or just his brain that you get to see on film,

0:58.0

I think really feeds his brain and his creativity by watching, absorbing, thinking, inverting, subverting.

1:04.0

Like, he's a man who really knows film.

1:06.0

So I'm excited to talk to him about this.

1:07.0

Yeah, and you know, just to give you a little bit of background on Ryan Johnson,

1:10.0

if you don't know, yes, he directed Star Wars The Last Jedi.

1:13.0

But he also has done some fantastic movies.

1:16.0

And we're not going to talk about them today with him.

1:19.0

But if you've never seen Brick, I urge you go and see this movie.

1:23.0

It's so great.

1:24.0

Joseph Gordon Levit.

1:25.0

It's like a noir-esque film set in present day.

1:30.0

So fantastic.

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