Interview: Lana Wilson (Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields)

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After making her 2020 documentary Miss Americana about Taylor Swift, director Lana Wilson wasn't necessarily looking for another story about a famous woman— but the story of Brooke Shields, a former child star who took control of her own narrative, proved impossible to ignore. Wilson talks about telling Shields's complex story with the aid of Shields's own archives, and which Brooke Shields performances are worth watching to get a sense of who she really is.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the award season podcast from Vanity Fair.
0:05.0	It's such an honor to present this next award.
0:08.0	And here are the nominees.
0:10.0	And the Oscar goes to.
0:12.0	And the Oscar goes to.
0:14.0	And I can't deny the fact that you like me right now.
0:18.0	You like me.
0:20.0	On the King of the World!
0:22.0	There's a mistake.
0:23.0	Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture.
0:30.0	I am Katie Rich.
0:37.0	It is after the Oscars.
0:38.0	And I'm here alone.
0:39.0	I promise I won't be for long.
0:41.0	I have the interview today with Lana Wilson, the director of the documentary, Pretty Baby Brook Shields.
0:48.0	As you'll hear, Lana and I went to college together.
0:51.0	I promise she's not only here because of Wesleyan Film Department Nepotism.
0:55.0	She's an excellent documentarian.
0:57.0	She made the film Miss Americana about Taylor Swift as well as the documentary After Tiller.
1:02.0	And her new film premiered at Sundance earlier this year.
1:05.0	It will be on Hulu on April 3rd.
1:07.0	And it's about Brook Shields, as you can tell from the title.
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