Land with Director Robin Wright and Amy Redford (Ep. 287)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Director Robin Wright discusses her new film, Land, with fellow director Amy Redford in a spoiler-filled virtual Q&A. The film also stars Ms. Wright as Edee, a woman who finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew after suffering immense personal tragedy. She soon decides to retreat to the magnificent but unforgiving wilds of the Rockies and teach herself how to survive.

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0:00.0	We had maybe two weeks before we had to lock and load, cast the movie, and get up to Alberta, Canada.
0:08.0	The producer said, we just can't take the risk of not getting it cast in 48 hours.
0:13.3	So what do you think about doing it?
0:15.7	And I was like, oh, I really don't want to do both.
0:19.6	That's a lot.
0:24.7	But at the end, I was like, well, I'm going to be there anyway. Okay, that's great.
0:32.6	Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:37.7	Today's episode takes us behind the scenes of director Robin Wright's new drama, Land.
0:43.2	The film also stars Ms. Wright as Edie, a woman who finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew after suffering immense personal tragedy. She soon decides to retreat
0:48.9	to the magnificent but unforgiving wilds of the Rockies and teach herself how to survive.
0:54.4	Land is Ms. Wright's feature directorial debut.
0:57.6	She has also directed episodes at the series House of Cards.
1:01.5	Ms. Wright spoke with director Amy Redford about filming Land in front of a virtual audience.
1:06.7	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:10.7	Hi, everybody. It is my great pleasure. Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:18.9	Hi, everybody. It is my great pleasure to be here with the relentlessly talented Robin Wright to have a discussion about her first directorial debut film Land. I'm so glad everybody could be here for this conversation. I'm honored and super excited.
1:31.4	Hi, Robin. Hey, how you doing? Good. Well, congratulations are in order. It's a beautiful film and
1:40.8	it's timely and so well executed. And I just want to say thank you for making this film
1:48.0	because you never get to make your first film again. You did it with a lot of courage and a lot of
1:56.0	conviction. And I'm sure you've had a lot of different stories come your way, and this was a courageous
2:01.6	one to take on. So thank you on behalf of a lot of us who need that. Thank you so much. Yeah. And thank you
2:10.6	for doing this. Thank you for doing the moderation. Of course. I mean, this story seems so, and there's so much to unpack.
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