What was most valuable from him was a conversation we had one day where Lewis talked about the spiritual side of driving and what he's searching for when he's driving.

And he talked about this state of peace, this kind of flow state, this kind of spiritual moment.

And it was something that we had to work into

the character.

Music Hello and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Director's Guild of America.

In this episode, a fallen Formula One driver returns to the highest level of the sport in director Joseph Kaczynski's racing drama, F1, The Movie.

The film tells the story of Sunny Hayes,

a once promising driver who was sidelined after an accident decades ago.

Cokes out of retirement to mentor the hotshot rookie prodigy

of a struggling F1 team, Sonny rides his road to redemption.

In addition to F1, the movie, Kaczynski's other directorial credits include the feature

films Spiderhead, Only the Brave, Oblivion, and Tron Legacy.

He was nominated for the 2022 DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement

in Theatrical Feature Film for Top Gun Maverick.

Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,

Kaczynski spoke with director Dan Gilroy about filming F1 in the movie.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

I'd say thank you for coming, but I'm sure you were all very excited to be here today.

I know I was. I saw it last night and I just, I got to say I'm a huge movie lover like a lot of you and I love this arena and I love this arena and I

This is the most authentic emotionally charged racing film that's ever made and and I and I really

I say that with great reverence for for the for the arena

Thank you. That's that's very kind very kind because. Because it's a tough arena. And what you've done

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