There's those times when you're writing something and you get something stuck in your mind

that you want to try to make happen.

And I think the trick is knowing when to abandon that because something else is right

in front of your face that is like it's screaming at you.

Like, dummy, look at me.

I'm standing right here.

There's a great shock.

Okay. Look at me. I'm standing right here. There's a great shock. Hello and welcome back to the Directors' Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In honor of the 74th annual DGA Awards, we're bringing back our annual series of episodes

devoted to our popular Meet the nominees' theatrical feature film's symposium.

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

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film.

This year's nominees include Paul Thomas Anderson, the director of Lickrish Pizza, Kenneth

Branna, the director of Belfast, Jane Campion, the director of The Power of the Dog, Steven

Spielberg, the director of West Side Story,

and Denis, El Nouve, the director of Doom.

These talented directors gathered on March 12th

at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles

for an in-depth discussion of their work

with moderator Jeremy Kagan.

So please enjoy part one of our Meet the nominees special,

and listen to the five nominees share behind the scenes details from their films.

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