You know, when I send them the script, you know, then we meet afterwards, and it's much a casting,

you know, they're casting me as I'm casting, are we going to make the same movie? What are you going to be

interested in? Right. One of the questions Rafe asked me, are you interested in the, you know,

sort of in the interior journey of the people

or in that detective story.

So I think, you know, we're casting each other.

We're looking at, are we gonna make the same film?

And then because we don't wanna find that out on the set.

I don't wanna find that out on the set. Hello, and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In honor of the 77th annual DGA Awards, we're bringing back our annual series of episodes devoted to our popular Meet the Nominees Theatrical Feature Film Symposium.

The event is a roundtable discussion, with the directors nominated for the Guild's Award for Outstanding

Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film.

This year's nominees included Jacques O'Diard, the director of Amelia Perez, Sean Baker,

the director of Anora, Edward Berger, the director of Conclave, Brady Corbe, the director of

The Brutalist, and James Mangold, the director of Conclave, Brady Corbe, the director of The Brutalist,

and James Mangold, the director of A Complete Unknown.

These talented directors gathered on stage

at the Guild's Los Angeles Theater on February 8th

to discuss the craft of directing and the making of their films

with moderator Jeremy Kagan.

So please enjoy part one of our Meet the Nominees Theatrical Feature Film Special.

As we get settled in here, I was, saw a quote this morning from the playwright Bertel Brecht,

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