Interview With "The Whale" Screenwriter, Samuel D. Hunter

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

"The Whale" had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it drew praise for Brendan Fraser's comeback performance, the rest of the ensemble's performances, and Samuel D. Hunter's adaptation of his own stage play, also titled "The Whale." Samuel was kind enough to spend some time talking about his now Critics Choice-nominated work on what he believes the film's central thesis is, what it was like finding Brendan to play Charlie, working with director Darren Aronofksy and more. Please take a listen down below and be sure to check out the film, which is releasing wide this week from A24. Enjoy, and 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 Dan Baer's interview with the screenwriter for The Whale, Samuel D. Hunter.
0:09.1	I know these rules can feel constraining, but remember, the point of this course is to learn how to write clearly and persuasively.
0:20.3	Think about that. Think about the truth of your
0:23.4	argument you're an amazing person Ellie I couldn't ask for a more incredible
0:31.8	daughter are you actually trying to parent me right now who would want me to be a part of their life?
0:39.3	You don't stay in touch with mom?
0:42.3	She really only tells me things about you.
0:44.3	Why?
0:45.3	Because that's all I want to know about.
0:47.3	Why'd you gain all that weight?
0:49.3	Someone close to me passed away and it had an effect on me.
0:55.0	You haven't seen her since she was eight years old and you're gonna reconnect with her?
0:59.0	Sorry.
1:00.0	I don't like this. This isn't a good idea.
1:03.0	I'm sorry.
1:04.0	You say you're sorry one more time. I will shove a knife right into you. I swear to God.
1:07.0	Go ahead. What's it gonna do? My internal organs are two feet in at least.
1:11.6	Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
1:15.6	Why do you suddenly need to see her so bad?
1:17.6	Why now?
1:18.6	This.
1:19.6	I'm worried that she's forgotten what an amazing person she is.
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