Director David Mackenzie on 'Hell or High Water'

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie is Scottish, but he was instantly drawn to the Texas tale of two brothers turned bank robbers in the drought-stricken, post-recession American West. He tells us about his efficient, stripped-down approach to making one of the best-reviewed films of the year.

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0:00.0	A jail stint can really disrupt someone's life.
0:03.0	You can lose a job, a relationship, or thousands of dollars on fees, fines and bail.
0:08.0	Have I ever gone to jail?
0:09.0	Yeah, I just got out, actually.
0:10.0	If he doesn't show up the court, we've got to pay the $50,000.
0:13.0	No degree exchange, no kiss the bride.
0:16.0	There's no glamour in a jailhouse wedding.
0:19.0	Off the block, all six episodes tracing the path from city block to jail block and back
0:24.1	are now available on KCRW's iTunes page.
0:31.0	From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters and this is the business.
0:37.6	It was very, very intense, and we spent kind of two and a half weeks, you know, siding
0:41.2	with the outdoors and the quickness, the pace we were doing it felt like we were being a bit
0:45.4	outlawish in our methodology as well.
0:47.7	Heller Highwater director David McKenzie had to shoot a bunch of bank robberies fast
0:52.0	before one of his stars, Chris Pine went off to film another movie.
0:56.2	McKenzie tells us how his stripped-down approach
0:58.2	to directing was essential to making
1:00.1	one of the best-reviewed movies of the
1:02.1	year. But first on the news
1:04.0	banter, Warner's hopes Fantastic
1:06.0	Beasts will generate fantastic
1:07.9	box office returns. Stick around.
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