Interviews With "Tetris" Director Jon S. Baird & Screenwriter Noah Pink

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

"Tetris" had its world premiere at this year's South By Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), where it received positive notices for its wild presentation of the even more wild story of the origins of the video game Tetris and Taron Egerton's charismatic performance. Director Jon S. Baird ("Stan & Ollie") was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work on the film, as was Noah Pink, who spoke separately with Dan Bayer. Please take a listen down below and be sure to check out the film, which is now streaming on Apple TV+. Thank you, and enjoy! 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 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, and this is Dan Baer's interview with the screenwriter for Tetris, Noah Pink, and my interview with the film's director, John S. Baird.
0:11.3	It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I played for five minutes. I still see falling blocks in my dreams.
0:22.7	It's poetry, art and math, all working in magical synchronicity.
0:26.5	It's the perfect game.
0:31.0	Tetris.
0:32.0	Tetris.
0:33.0	Tetris.
0:35.0	I don't get it.
0:38.3	It's a combination of Tetra, Greek for four, and tennis.
0:42.3	Tennis?
0:43.3	The Russian inventor.
0:44.3	He likes tennis.
0:45.3	Anasel.
0:46.3	This game isn't just addictive.
0:48.3	It stays with you.
0:50.3	This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
0:52.3	Hank, only 10 other people in the world have seen what you're about to see.
0:57.0	It's called the Game Boy.
1:00.0	Package of the Tetris.
1:01.0	Can you get us the rights?
1:03.0	The Soviet Union had worldwide rights.
1:07.0	Nothing gets out easily.
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