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The Big Picture

Paul Dano on Directing His First Film and Adapting Richard Ford's 'Wildlife' | Interview (Ep. 89)

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Ringer editor-in-chief Sean Fennessey chats with actor and now screenwriter/director Paul Dano to discuss the trials of directing his first film and adapting one of his favorite authors, Richard Ford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're only there once. You only get to do these scenes once on a film.

0:03.2

So like, you gotta leave it all out on the floor.

0:05.3

So because the film was shot somewhat economically,

0:08.3

we were able to do a fair amount of takes, sometimes a lot of takes,

0:11.8

and like, create an atmosphere where you can fuck up, you can fail.

0:15.6

Let's find a happy accident.

0:22.8

I'm Sean Fennesy, Editor and Chief of the Ringer,

0:25.3

and you are listening to a new and improved version of the Big Picture.

0:29.2

For the past two years, this has been a conversation show

0:31.9

with some of the most interesting filmmakers in the world.

0:34.0

And it is still that.

0:35.5

But we're expanding and spicing things up.

0:37.7

The show now has its own feed and a few new wrinkles.

0:40.9

Starting very soon on this feed,

0:42.5

I'll be co-hosting a weekly Academy Award show

0:44.9

with Ringer Culture Editor Amanda Dobbins.

0:46.9

We'll be previewing the races, examining the narratives,

0:49.9

and shining a flashlight on all the BS that surrounds Oscar season.

0:53.0

We're also going to have weekly exit survey episodes

0:55.5

where myself and other Ringer staffers will be diving deep

0:58.1

into the latest movie releases.

1:00.2

We're grappling with how to cover an industry and medium

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