Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid! with Matt Tyrnauer and Ondi Timoner (Ep. 492)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Director Matt Tyrnauer discusses his new film, Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid!, with fellow Director Ondi Timoner in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses his cinema verite approach to the nuances of Carville’s life, puzzling where and how to include Carville’s wife, Mary Matalin in the film, and finding a new wind in his documentary following Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race. Screened as part of the DGA’s Documentary Series, the film follows the Democratic consultant’s career, from his rise to fame in 1992 to his current effort with Kamala Harris’ campaign. As he navigates America’s tumultuous 2024 election cycle, Carville is portrayed not only in his political element, but also in his personal life. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/Events/2024/Oct2024/DocSeries_CARVILLE-0924

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0:00.0	But the verity of it all, which I live for, he's obviously a great character.
0:03.7	He's eccentric and all that sort of built in.
0:05.8	But I love the rough and readiness of him.
0:09.1	He goes to do his podcast and that gift where he doesn't know how to use the headphones.
0:14.5	And Al Hunt can't use the Zoom or the podcast thing.
0:19.7	And I mean, just like, it's that, that for me was great.
0:25.2	And I wanted his spilling his pills and things like that.
0:29.1	I just didn't want to have perfection here.
0:30.9	I wanted to have the rough hewn James.
0:56.7	Yeah. Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
1:02.8	In this episode, famed political strategist James Carville is back for election season,
1:07.6	and director Matt Turnhauer's documentary, Carville, Winning Is Everything Stupid.
1:13.3	Screened as part of the DGA's documentary series, the film follows the Democratic consultant's career from his rise to fame in 1992 to his current effort with Kamala Harris's
1:19.4	campaign.
1:20.7	As he navigates America's tumultuous 2024 election cycle, Carville is portrayed not only in
1:27.0	his political element, but also in his
1:29.4	personal life. In addition to Carville, winning his everything stupid, Turnowers other
1:36.0	directorial credits include the documentary features Valentino, The Last Emperor, Studio 54,
1:42.7	and Where's My Roy Cohn, as well as the documentary miniseries
1:47.0	The Regens, and Victoria's Secret, Angels and Demons.
1:52.7	Following the documentary series screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,
1:58.0	Turnour spoke with director Ande T Tamoner about filming Carville, winning is
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