Greyhound with Director Aaron Schneider and Justine Bateman (Ep. 297)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Director Aaron Schneider discusses his new film, Greyhound, with fellow director Justine Bateman in a spoiler-filled virtual Q&A. The film follows a WWII Navy officer on his first war-time command assignment: defending an Allied merchant ship convoy through the Atlantic. When the convoy comes under attack by a German submarine wolfpack, the officer must battle the enemy, the elements and his own doubts to see the mission through.

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0:00.0	Hopefully there's enough geeks out there that enjoy, like, oh, that's how they do that.
0:06.1	That's super cool.
0:07.2	And now I know why that guy wears a big helmet because he's got hearing stuff on.
0:12.3	And his helmet has to be larger to encompass his hearing gear.
0:16.3	Oh, that's interesting.
0:17.5	That's what the movie's built on.
0:19.5	It's not classical drama. It's built on
0:22.0	feeling and seeing and understanding and discovering all these things that make this kind of
0:28.4	warfare interesting.
0:32.4	Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:43.3	Today's episode takes us behind the scenes of director Aaron Schneider's new historical drama, Greyhound. The film follows a World War II Navy officer on his first wartime command assignment,
0:48.3	defending an Allied merchant ship convoy through the Atlantic.
0:51.3	When the convoy comes under attack by a German submarine wolfpack,
0:55.8	the officer must battle the enemy, the elements, and his own doubts to see the mission through.
1:01.4	In addition to Greyhound, Mr. Schneider's other directorial credits include the feature film Get Low,
1:06.8	an episode of the series popular, and the Academy Award-winning short film, Two Soldiers.
1:12.7	Mr. Schneider spoke with fellow director Justine Bateman
1:15.3	about filming Greyhound in front of a virtual audience.
1:18.5	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:21.3	Hey.
1:22.3	Hey, Justine.
1:23.2	Hey, we're on.
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