Episode 1162 - Barbara Kopple

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Barbara Kopple is known for her acclaimed documentary films, but for Marc the most memorable time Barbara spent behind the camera is the day she directed him in a phone commercial. Marc and Barbara reminisce about how that happened and talk about her entry portal into documentaries working with the Maysels Brothers on Salesmen and Gimme Shelter. They also discuss Barbara's Oscar-winning film Harlan County, USA, how Bruce Springsteen saved one of her early movies, and how she got Jimmy Carter to open up about the Iran hostage crisis for her latest doc, Desert One.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	What the fuck is this?
0:04.0	Fuck the game!
0:07.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.0	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fuck nicks, what's happening?
0:15.8	I'm Mark Marin, this is my podcast, WTF.
0:19.7	Try not to freak out.
0:21.4	Try not to freak out.
0:25.1	Barely holding on.
0:28.0	Barbara Coppel is on the show today.
0:31.4	She is a documentary filmmaker.
0:35.2	She did Harlan County, USA.
0:36.9	She did Wildman Blues.
0:38.6	She got a doc out about that soul singer Sharon Jones.
0:44.1	I just got a record of hers.
0:45.1	I don't know where I'm excited to listen to the record.
0:46.9	I had no idea.
0:47.9	But anyways, she's got a new one out called Desert One and we talk about that and the
0:53.2	rest of it.
0:54.2	A sprint commercial that she directed in Texas, which I was in.
1:03.2	Here's the fucking thing about cats, about owning a cat.
1:07.2	Those of you who aren't watching me on Instagram or haven't seen me dealing with this is
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