And to me, this last image of Peter describing himself standing at four in the morning,

five in the morning on the corner of Second Avenue and 12th Street.

And he described listening to the street, the sex workers on the street talking about their work,

as Linda says, shop talk.

It was just like it evoked everything I love in movies.

I'm going to do. Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, the struggles of the life of artist Peter Hoosier are revealed, and director Ira Sax's biographical drama,

Peter Hoosier's Day. Based on the book by Linda Rosencrantz, the film tells the story of a single

day in 1974 when Rosencrantz and groundbreaking queer photographer Peter Hoosier engaged in a free-wheeling,

intimate conversation.

Sharing vivid stories of his interactions with literary and cultural icons like William Burroughs,

Susan Sontag, and Alan Ginsberg,

Hojah reflects on the rhythms of everyday life in 1970s, New York.

In addition to Peter Hojier's Day, Sachs's other directorial credits include the feature films, passages, little men, love is strange, keep the lights on, and married life.

Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theatre in New York, Sacks spoke with director

Betty Gordon

about filming Peter Hoosier's Day. Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

This man needs no introduction. He's my dear friend and somebody who I've known for a while. I feel like we

have been circling around each other and with each other and traveling the world sometimes

with each other. Nice when I met him in Edinburgh for the last time so I couldn't be happier to be

here I have a couple of questions I'm always questioning you about your work

what did that script look like you know and I want to see it you know it's it's

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