Interviews With "Stress Positions" Star John Early & Director Theda Hammel

The Next Best Picture Podcast

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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SIGN UP FOR REGAL UNLIMITED W/ PROMO CODE - REGALNBP24 - https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/q4j9urzs "Stress Positions" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received solid reviews for its capturing of the chaotic, messy, and stressful COVID-19 pandemic lifestyle in Brooklyn, NY, during lockdown from a queer perspective. Producer and star John Early, as well as director, writer, and star Theda Hammel, were both kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their experiences in making the film. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in select theaters from NEON. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw 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,
0:03.0	and these are Dan Baer's interviews,
0:05.2	with the director, writer, and star for the film's stress positions,
0:09.5	Dada Hamel, and the film star and producer, John Early.
0:13.7	I can't find my fault.
0:18.7	Hi, Leo. When do I get to meet him?
0:20.5	Who?
0:21.6	The model.
0:22.6	He's my nephew and he's very badly injured.
0:24.6	Well, what do you look like?
0:25.6	Do you have a nice ass?
0:27.6	Terry wouldn't let us meet Balul, the 19-year-old male model from Morocco with a badly broken leg. Who was he that poor boy in the basement?
0:40.3	What in the name of God? Hi Uncle Terry. Who should you put on a shirt? Why?
0:45.3	Aren't you cold? No? Strong Chi.
0:49.3	What is so exciting about models? First of all, they're very attractive.
0:55.2	You know, I read that in Morocco, people eat with their hands.
0:59.5	We're eating with our hands.
1:01.5	Not hamburgers.
1:04.9	Tajim.
1:06.0	Sure.
1:06.4	Welcome everyone to the Next Best Picture Podcast, where we are talking with John Early,
1:12.6	the star and producer of the new film Stress Positions.
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