Episode 44 - Philip Baker Hall
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2017
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
This week Sam sits down with renowned actor, Philip Baker Hall. Best known for his work with director Paul Thomas Anderson, Hall is a captivating presence on and off the screen. Sam and Philip talked for a long time and got into detail on so much of Philip's life. In this episode we learn more about his work with P.T.A., his falling out with Robert Altman, and his thoughts on death. ------------------------------------------------- Music for the show provided by @Vanilla and @jinsangbeats. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: www.krishnabalashenoi.com/. Learn more about the show at www.talkeasypod.com
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| 0:09.0 | Hey, this is Sam. |
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| 0:55.0 | Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. Oh, Welcome to the show, this is Talk Easy, I'm Sam Fregoso and thank you for being here. |
| 1:28.0 | This week on the podcast we have legendary actor Philip Baker Hall. Considering the unusual length and |
| 1:34.9 | specialness of this episode I'm going to keep my intro fairly brief. If you've |
| 1:39.8 | watched movies from the 1970s onward you've seen or heard Philip Baker Hall before. |
| 1:46.3 | In a career that spans across decades and mediums, Hall has produced some of my favorite |
| 1:51.6 | work of the 20th and 21st century. He received his big on-screen |
| 1:56.9 | break in 1984 when Robert Altman decided to take a play called Secret Honor and make it a film. The project centers around Hall as a dejected |
| 2:06.8 | President Richard Nixon. It's a profoundly brilliant piece of acting as Hall plays a |
| 2:12.2 | disgrace president in soliloquy talking aloud to himself |
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