'Nosferatu' writer-director and Focus Features chairman on their long partnership; Inside the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni feud

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The feud between Blake Lively and It Ends with Us director Justin Baldoni continues to unfold. What's going on here? Kim Masters and Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw investigate.

Plus, Masters speaks to Nosferatu writer-director Robert Eggers and Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski. The pair talk about their long partnership, which spans the director's entire career. Eggers also talks about winning over seasoned crews who have years more experience than he does, and why a little humor goes a long way in a movie like Nosferatu.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.
0:05.6	Robert Eggers has a fascination with making dark films that take place in meticulously
0:10.3	reconstructed historical settings.
0:12.9	His 2015 movie The Witch, for example, takes place in 17th century New England.
0:18.3	The lighthouse on the Northmen were also period films, and his latest Nosferatu, the action is set in 19th century New England. The lighthouse on the Northmen were also period films, and his
0:21.5	latest, Nosferatu, the action is set in 19th century Europe. Dickens kind of did the same thing
0:27.3	over and over and over again, but in a slightly different way. And so I think I have certain
0:31.9	themes and motifs that I'm attracted to, and I don't think I'll be, you know, making a live-action kung fu panda or
0:40.4	romantic comedy anytime soon.
0:43.5	Robert Eggers and Focus Features Chairman Peter Kajowski talk about their long partnership,
0:48.3	which spans the director's entire career.
0:51.0	Eggers also talks about winning over-seasoned crews who have years more experience than he does,
0:56.3	and he allows that a little humor goes a long way in a movie like Nosferatu. But first we banter.
1:02.5	Stick around. It's the business from KCRW. I am joined by my pinch-hitting partner in banter,
1:10.7	Lucas Shaw. Happy New Year, Lucas, and welcome.
1:13.8	Likewise. Great to be here.
1:15.7	So, of course, I believe we are doomed to talk about the Blake lively, Justin Baldoni, whatever we're going to call that.
1:24.6	Did you spend most of your holidays having people ask you about this?
1:29.2	I pretty much came up everywhere I went, yes. I can't even review the whole thing. I'm scared
1:35.8	to talk about it because everybody's suing everybody. And I don't know if you open your mouth,
1:40.6	who knows. But basically, I think most people know that Blake Lively has now
1:46.2	officially sued Justin Baldoni, who was the director of their hit film. It ends with us.
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