Episode 49 - James Gray
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2017
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Sam sits down with director James Gray, and they dive deep into all aspects of the film industry. They start with the difficulty financing films (5:00). Then, they move onto how directing a movie is an inherent narcissistic endeavor (14:00). They also get into the importance of distribution (17:54), television and it's relationship to cinema (45:55), and the change in movies' role in pop culture (50:47). ------------------------------------------------- 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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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, this is Sam. |
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| 0:55.0 | Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. Oh, Hey everyone 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 is writerdirector James Gray. |
| 1:32.7 | Born and raised in Queens, New York, Gray directed his first film at the age of 23, putting everyone, |
| 1:39.7 | maybe say for Orson Wells, to shame with his productivity. |
| 1:44.0 | But that first film called Little Odessa and released in 1994 |
| 1:49.0 | was not merely novel because a young man wrote and directed it. |
| 1:53.8 | It was just good. |
| 1:55.2 | Right out of the gate, Gray displayed an understanding of craft and narrative. |
| 2:00.3 | Subsequently, the movie which starred Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Vanessa Redgrave, was a minor success. |
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