Greta Gerwig on Art, Commerce, and Female Ambition

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🗓️ 16 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Director/writer Greta Gerwig discusses her Oscar nominated film adaptation of the beloved classic Little Women, how she imbued her movie with even more of author Louisa May Alcott's own personality, and why it was important for her to give a nod to the author's original intended ending. She talks about the status of female directors and writers in Hollywood, recalls a conversation she once had with a studio executive about how women talk, and how Meryll Streep inspired some of the film's most insightful dialogue about a woman’s role in 19th Century society. Greta also reveals that she was secretly pregnant while filming Little Women and what it is like to be in competition with her husband Noah Baumbach for Best Picture this year. Plus we talk about why actresses in the 30’s and 40’s got better roles than they do today, our mutual love of the films of George Cukor and Greta Garbo, and the wicked wit of Dorthy Parker. See Greta Gerwig's wonderful film Little Women in theaters now. Check your local listings for showtimes or visit www.littlewomen.movie. Today's episode was sponsored by Kronos HR Solutions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.3	Academy Award nominations were just announced this week and a record-breaking number of women
0:45.5	are up for Oscars this year, accounting for no less than a third of all nominees.
0:50.7	One of those nominees is the incredibly talented writer, actor, producer, and director,
0:55.5	Greta Gerwig, who will be returning to the Oscars for the second year in a row,
1:00.0	following her writing and directing nominations for last year's Lady Bird.
1:04.3	This time around, she's being hailed for her masterful reimagination of Louise May Alcott's
1:09.5	beloved novel Little Women, which has received six Oscar nominations, including for best picture,
1:15.6	and best-adapted screenplay for Greta Gerwig.
1:18.4	And today, Greta joins me on the show to talk about the daunting task of adapting an American
1:23.2	classic, delving into Louise May Alcott's diaries and letters to imbue her film with even more
1:29.1	of the author's own personality, and why it was so important for her to acknowledge the original
1:34.5	ending that Alcott wanted to give her book before her publisher talked her out of it.
1:39.8	Then she talks about the status of female directors and writers in Hollywood.
1:43.8	We call the conversation she once had with a studio executive about how women talk that made
1:49.1	its way into her latest film, and how Meryl Streep inspired some of her most insightful
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