You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is by interview with the directors and writers for the friend, Scott McGeehee and David Siegel.

Iris, I need to talk with you. It's about the dog.

I wanted to ask if you could take him.

No, I can't. No. This is what Walter wanted after he died.

Why would he say that?

You were his best friend.

He's there at the top of the hill, between the two bridges,

silhouetted against the limpid sky. You're making this up. I could have a point. But the fact is the hill between the two bridges silhouetted against the limpid sky you're making

this up you could have a point but the fact is the dog magically appeared scott david thank you both so

much for talking with me about uh what will go down as the definitive dog movie of 2025 the friend

thank you with that nice and sticking man yes yes the two of you as well i was so five the friend. Thank you. Nice to stay, Matt.

Yes, yes, the two of you as well.

I was so happy to see this in the setting I saw it in.

It was at the Telluride Film Festival.

And it was an outdoor screening.

It was like the last screening, I think, of the festival.

Yeah, and everybody brought their dogs to the screening.

It was awesome.

But you guys have, like, truly, like, the best dog I've seen in a movie, probably

since anatomy of a fall where Bing is just like this rare find of an animal that I can't

believe, like, you know, there's, people talk about the casting process for actors. What goes into finding? this rare find of an animal that I can't believe.

People talk about the casting process for actors.

...