Paul Dano on Directing His First Film and Adapting Richard Ford's 'Wildlife' | The Big Picture (Ep. 539)

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🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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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	I'm Sean Fantasy, editor and chief of the ringer,
0:02.9	and this is the big picture.
0:04.7	For the past two years,
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0:19.8	You're only there once.
0:20.8	You only get to do these things once on a film.
0:23.1	So like, you gotta leave it all out on the floor.
0:24.9	So because the film was shot somewhat economically,
0:28.2	we are able to do a fair amount of takes,
0:30.1	sometimes a lot of takes,
0:31.6	and like create an atmosphere where you can fuck up,
0:34.1	you can fail, let's find a happy accident.
0:37.6	I'm Sean Fantasy, editor and chief of the ringer,
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