Joel Coen - Director

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

Tv & Film, Filmlighting, Deakins, Movies, Filmmaking, Production, Film, Cinematography, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

EPISODE 33 - JOEL COEN - Director

Here’s the episode you’ve all been waiting for! Team Deakins sits down with long time collaborator, director Joel Coen (TRUE GRIT, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, FARGO, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS). A great conversation that covers aspects of their experiences together as well as the importance of collaboration and letting go of defensiveness. Of course we talk about storyboards and their place in the process as well as the power of editing. We talk about the importance of casting and the way he works with actors. As well as the fact that not having a large budget can be a blessing. Joel is an incredible filmmaker and it’s amazing to hear him speak on the craft of making films. Be sure not to miss this one!

RECOMMENDED EPISODE VIEWING: True Grit (2010), The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and James Deacons, often joined in the conversation by a guest.
0:17.0	It's very informal and we never know where it will go.
0:21.0	We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:26.6	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing pod,
0:32.3	POD at Roger Deacons.com.
0:38.4	Today we're pleased to have with us
0:40.0	our friend and a director that really needs
0:42.1	no introduction.
0:43.2	Who doesn't know his movies?
0:45.2	The Big Lebowski, O Brother where art thou,
0:48.3	True grit, no country for old men, Fargo, well the list just goes on and on.
0:55.0	He's the director we've worked with the most times,
0:57.5	12 movies in all.
0:59.3	He really needs no introduction.
1:01.6	We're happy to welcome Joel Cohen with us today. Welcome Joel. Thanks
1:06.4	for coming. Thanks for having me. It's a pleasure. We normally start out
1:12.3	asking how you got to where you are.
1:17.0	When you were a kid, were you interested in movies?
1:21.9	How did this all come about?
1:23.0	How did you take this path?
1:24.5	Well, the short answer is that, and I've said this in other contexts before that really we started out my brother and I making little movies on super eight cameras when we were, you know, 13, 14 years old.
1:46.0	And, you know, we still feel, and I still feel,
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