Interview With "Good Night Oppy" Director, Ryan White

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

"Good Night Oppy" had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, where it received positive reviews. It has been charming audiences ever since with its awe-inspiring story of discovery, wonder, and collaboration in the face of overwhelming statistical odds to achieve something extraordinary. The documentary recently garnered five wins from the Critics Choice Documentary Awards and will be available to stream on Amazon Prime on November 23rd. Director Ryan White was kind enough to spend some time talking about his work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please take a listen and enjoy! Thank you. 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 Daniel Howitt's interview with the director for Goodnight Op.
0:06.8	This is Delta Launch Control.
0:09.1	Go for launch.
0:09.9	Three, three, two, two, one.
0:12.3	Engine start and lift off. Yeah, it's only a robot, but she becomes a family member.
0:33.6	Our whole objective was to build two solar-powered rovers that could survive three months on Mars.
0:40.3	And the pressure on the team is really phenomenal.
0:43.3	Was Mars went to a green world with living things and blue oceans?
0:49.3	This is the very first time we breathe life into the rover.
0:55.0	It's just a box of wires, right?
0:57.0	But you end up with this cute-ish-looking robot that has a face.
1:02.0	Oh, it's alive!
1:04.0	It's time to fly.
1:06.0	Ladies and gentlemen, you are privileged to be in one of the most exciting rooms on Earth at the moment.
1:12.9	Rover diary.
1:16.0	The signal from the vehicle is solid and strong.
1:18.8	Opportunity is on Mars.
1:20.3	What do we do next?
1:24.4	Let's hit the road, pedal to the metal, and go see Mars.
1:28.3	We see these dust devils, and we were concerned. That would be the way that she died.
1:30.3	Mars was a spacecraft graveyard when we flew.
1:37.3	I don't think anyone expected the robot to survive all these disasters.
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