Interviews With "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Director, Cinematographer & Makeup & Hairstyling Team

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is one of the year's very best films. A lot of that has to do with the source material by August Wilson and the performances from Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman. But a lot of what makes the film work are the crafts behind-the-scenes. Director George C. Wolfe was kind enough to spend some time speaking with Daniel Howat about what it took to bring the play to life on the screen. Also, Will Mavity got a chance to interview cinematographer Tobias Schliessler and the Makeup Department head, Matiki Anoff, the Hair Department head, Mia Neal and the personal makeup artist for Viola Davis, Sergio Lopez-Rivera. We hope you enjoy this inside look at "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." 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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0:29.7	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Daniel Howard's interview
0:34.4	with the director for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, George C. Wolf,
0:38.3	followed by Will Mavity's interviews with cinematographer Tobias Sleashler and the makeup and
0:45.8	hair styling team, including Hair Department Head, Mea and Neal, Batiki Anoff, the makeup
0:50.9	department head, and the personal makeup artist for
0:54.7	Viola Davis, Sergio Lopez Rivera.
0:57.8	A one, a two, a you know what to do.
1:05.5	It's be an empty world without the blues.
1:11.6	I try to take that emptiness and fill it up by something.
1:19.6	But they want to call me Mother Blues. That's all right with me. It don't hurt none.
1:24.6	Hi, George. Good morning. Hello. How are you? I am so good. How are you?
1:29.5	I'm very good. I'm good. Crazy planet, but I'm good. Yes. Well, I appreciate your time to talk to me today about
1:36.6	directing Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. I'd love to dive in and hear about the first time that you saw
1:42.9	a production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
1:45.0	Could you tell me sort of about your history with the project as a play and what made you
1:49.6	want to direct this film adaptation?
1:51.8	I saw the play back in 1984.
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