The New Beverly Cinema presents the Pure Cinema podcast.

So it's January.

Time for fresh starts and debuts, a clean slate.

Exactly.

So what better person to come on and talk to us about debut films than someone whose only film I haven't seen is his debut film?

Which somehow he was happy about

for now.

Welcome, Sean Baker.

Hi, how are you?

It's great to be here.

Yeah, we've talked to since, like, even I think year one, even though we didn't know

if you would know what the show was, we had talked about trying to get you because we knew

you were a real cinephile.

And when I, after I saw you enter the criterion closet today, I really knew you were a real cinephile. And when I, after I saw you enter the criterion closet today,

I really knew you were one of us reaching for repo man for all. Well, it's, it's great to be here.

I'm also, you know, I subscribe to your podcast. I'm a fan and I'm a listener. So it's, it's,

that made me a first. I was to have a listener? Yeah, I don't know that's... I know Larry Karziski,

it's a good talker, but I don't think he's listening.

I mean, there's some people that are just not podcast people, you know?

It's a certain kind of person that likes, either has a long commute or just likes to have

podcasts in their ears.

And I'm assuming you're...

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