Interview With "Black Bear" Director/Writer, Lawrence Michael Levine

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

"Black Bear" premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews from critics who praised its performances, and wildly meta storyline. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon the film releases this weekend. Director and Writer Lawrence Michael Levine was kind enough to take a few moments to talk to us about the origin of the idea for the film, what the vibe was like on set, what some of his favorite moments were working with the actors, how his wife reacted to the screenplay and more! Take a listen and check out the film when you can. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Dan Baer's interview with the writer and director for Black Bear, Lawrence Levine.
0:08.6	You're Allison?
0:09.7	Yeah. You're Gabe?
0:14.4	Hi, I'm Allison.
0:16.1	Oh, I know. I'm Blair.
0:18.0	You're really pretty.
0:19.3	You are, too.
0:25.6	You used to be an actress and now you're a director. What'd you give it up?
0:27.6	I didn't.
0:28.6	So do you guys have a plan for this place?
0:33.6	I don't really know what we're doing.
0:35.6	We were living in Brooklyn and it was getting so expensive and we weren't really working, so...
0:40.3	No, no.
0:42.3	I figured if I never learned how to cook, then I would never become a housewife.
0:48.3	You're really hard to read.
0:50.3	Yeah, you know what? I get that all the time.
0:52.3	Do you find it weird acting Acting in your own films?
0:56.0	I actually find it kind of humiliating.
1:00.0	Roll sound.
1:02.0	Mark. Okay, whenever you're ready.
1:03.0	Action.
1:08.0	You don't think she knows what I'm up to?
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