Greg Nava
Maltin on Movies
Leonard Maltin
4.3 • 665 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Writer-director Greg Nava made his reputation with the unforgettable 1983 film El Norte, and then gave the world an exceptional musical biopic, Selena. He is happy to recount the stories behind those memorable films for Leonard, who witnessed El Norte's breakout screening at the Telluride Film Festival, and Jessie, who has committed Selena to memory. This long-overdue conversation follows a happy reunion at this year's Telluride fest.
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| 0:29.3 | Hi everybody, I'm Leonard Malton. |
| 0:38.0 | And I'm Jesse Malton. |
| 0:39.0 | You're listening to Malton on movies. |
| 0:41.1 | And today our guest is Gregory Navar, a writer, director, producer, film fanatic, |
| 0:51.0 | a former film teacher, a former film student graduated from UCLA. |
| 0:59.0 | If it has the word film, that's I think that speeds it up. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm there. |
| 1:04.0 | It's film. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm there. |
| 1:06.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:07.0 | Welcome, Greg. |
| 1:08.0 | Well, it's a pleasure to be here in an honor, Leonard. |
| 1:14.0 | I'm a huge fan, and it's great to talk to you. |
| 1:18.8 | Well, we have some little history together. |
| 1:24.6 | Exactly 40 years ago, I can't believe this, because we both look so young. But exactly 40 years ago, |
| 1:31.3 | my wife and I attended the Tell You Ride Film Festival in Colorado, |
| 1:35.0 | as we just did over Labor Day weekend again. |
| 1:38.7 | And we were still living in New York City. |
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