From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

I was very clear with them with how I wanted to use the material.

The trouble is it's difficult for them to envision what the film would be,

because I don't think there's anything like it.

I couldn't point to another film and say, it'll be exactly like this.

Kitty Green's unconventional documentary, casting John Bonaise,

shows a series of people from Boulder, Colorado, auditioning for roles in a movie about the infamous 1996 murder.

Green never really intended to film a reenactment of the crime, but it was hard to explain to the actors what she did intend, which was to explore the personal stories the actors might reveal as they tried out for various roles.

Green tells us about shooting this unusual film and about being abducted while making an earlier documentary in Ukraine.

But first on the news banter, as people cut the cord, cable giant ESPN cuts talent,

and if you work at Fox News, you might think twice about going on vacation.

Stay tuned. It's the business from KCRW.

I'm joined by my partner in banter. I'm back from a week of vacation. I'm back, Matt.

So, thank you. And hello. Hi. So I'm going to start week of vacation. I'm back, Matt. Welcome. Thank you. And hello.

Hi.

So I'm going to start talking about the strike, even though as we are talking right now, we don't quite know.

We don't really know at all what's going to happen.

And something may have happened by the time people are listening to this.

But with the prospect of a strike looming, I think it would be

negligent not to at least mention 96.3% of the Writers Guild membership voted to authorize a

strike if necessary. The negotiations are, you know, theoretically underway. And as we are

talking, there's no deal and no strike. As I say, that could change.

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