Oh, Canada with Paul Schrader and Alex Ross Perry (Ep. 521)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

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4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Director Paul Schrader discusses his new film, Oh, Canada, with fellow Director Alex Ross Perry in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses casting multiple Actors in roles across timelines and how he played with this element visually, how as both the Writer Director, he works to include nothing that will make it to the cutting room floor so he can shoot economically, and how he chose to film in a variety of colors and aspect ratios to portray a story taking place over a long timespan. The film follows the Miller siblings, a former musician, a writer and an artist, who all contend with challenging shifts in their marriages. As their lives change, their relationships are put to the test, bringing them closer to their partners or pushing them further apart. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/en/Events/2025/January2025/Oh_Canada_QnA_1224

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0:00.0	And so the question I kept coming back to Russell with is, why is he telling this story?
0:06.0	Why now?
0:07.4	What is the upside for him of telling this story?
0:10.8	And it's still somewhat of to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:37.3	In this episode, a draft dodger recalls his journey in his later years in director Paul Schrader's
0:43.4	drama, Oh Canada. The film tells the story of Leonard, who fled to Canada to avoid serving
0:50.8	in the Vietnam War during his youth. Now in his twilight years, and having had a successful career in film, Leonard recalls his
0:58.7	secret history in hopes of demythologizing his life.
1:04.6	In addition to O Canada, Schrader's other directorial credits include the feature films Master
1:09.6	Gardner, The Card Counter, First Reformed,
1:13.4	Affliction, Light Sleeper, Mishima, A Life in Four Chapters, American Gigolo, and Hardcore.
1:23.9	Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in New York, Schrader spoke with director
1:28.4	Alex Ross Perry about filming O Canada.
1:32.4	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:43.7	Thank you, everybody, for coming to one.
1:45.4	It feels like I was here just yesterday, but it was a week ago at this time, I was here with Pablo Lorraine.
1:53.0	There were more people for Pablo than for me.
1:56.9	He doesn't live here, so it's harder to catch him.
2:01.8	Thank you for coming to have this discussion about this film.
2:06.3	I want to start at the end of the process, which I find to be under-discussed,
2:12.3	but also my personal experience with this movie, which is that this film, like many of your last handful of films,
2:20.5	you had the privilege of seeing a rough cut of. You're very generous with sharing what I consider
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