John Turturro

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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John Turturro's an acting legend. Lots of directors have actors they like to work with. Turturro's a favorite of both Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers. Starting from "Do The Right Thing," he's appeared in nine of Spike's films, four from the Coens. He can play tough. Devious. Vulnerable. Brooding. Weird. He's never not himself, but no two roles are ever the same. He talks with Jesse about his latest film, "Gloria Bell." It's directed by the Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio, kind of an English language remake of his breakthrough 2013 film "Gloria." It's a story about relationship from two people in late middle age. Its messy, nuanced, and the performances from both Turturro and Moore... just keep you transfixed.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:13.0	I'm Jesse Thorn. It's Bullseye.
0:22.0	John Tertoro is an acting legend.
0:25.0	I mean like lots of directors have actors that they like to work with.
0:28.0	Tertoro is a favorite of both Spike Lee and the Cohen brothers.
0:32.0	Starting from Do the Right Thing, he's appeared in nine of Spike's films, as well as four from the Cohen's.
0:38.0	He has the distinctive look of a character actor.
0:41.0	But unlike some character actors, he can do almost anything.
0:45.0	He can play tough, devious, vulnerable, nebyshy, brooding, weird.
0:50.0	He's never not himself, but no two roles are ever the same.
0:54.0	So take his latest movie, Gloria Bell.
0:56.0	It's directed by the Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio.
1:00.0	It's an English language remake of Lelio's Breakthrough 2013 film Gloria.
1:06.0	It's a movie about a relationship between two people who've both already been through a lot.
1:11.0	Tertoro plays Arnold, a retired Navy officer, divorced with two grown kids.
1:16.0	He stars opposite Julianne Moore, who plays Gloria.
1:19.0	She's also divorced and also has two grown kids.
1:22.0	She's been going out dancing a lot lately.
1:26.0	They meet at Disco Night at a club for the middle aged.
1:30.0	They start dating, things get complicated.
1:34.0	They've got very different family lives, different views about the world.
1:38.0	The story gets messy and nuanced in the performances from both Tertoro and Moore.
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