Private Life with Tamara Jenkins and Mike White (Ep. 161)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Director Tamara Jenkins discusses her film, Private Life, with fellow director Mike White. The film stars Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti as a couple struggling to conceive who undergo multiple fertility therapies. But the process of trying to add to their family challenges their relationship with each other as they descend deeper and deeper into the world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2018/Nov2018/PrivateLife_QnA_0918.aspx

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0:00.0	Hello, and thanks for tuning in to another episode of The Directors Cut,
0:06.1	brought to you by the Directors Guild of America,
0:08.7	featuring today's top directors sharing behind-the-scenes stories of their latest films
0:12.8	and insights into the craft of directing.
0:16.1	Please take a second to subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.4	This episode takes us behind the scenes of director Tamara Jenkins' new family drama,
0:37.4	Private Life. The film stars Catherine Hahn and Paul Giamatti as a couple struggling to conceive who undergo
0:38.2	multiple fertility therapies.
0:40.5	But the process of trying to add to their family challenges their relationship with each
0:44.2	other as they descend deeper and deeper into the world of assisted reproduction and domestic
0:49.3	adoption.
0:51.4	In addition to Private Life, Ms. Jenkins' credits include the feature films The Savages and Slums of Beverly Hills.
0:58.0	Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles, Ms. Jenkins spoke with director Mike White about filming Private Life.
1:07.0	During their conversation, Ms. Jenkins discusses washing dishes as an acting exercise, her personal connection to the film's subject matter, and why this film became the most direct deposit from her brain to the screen.
1:24.2	Ah.
1:26.3	Um, uh, hey, amazing movie.
1:30.9	Pretty, pretty intense.
1:35.9	It's like, you know, you're supposed to ask like, what was your inspiration?
1:41.1	Like for this kind of movie, there's something so like raw and seemingly
1:45.2	personal because it's so well observed. It almost feels like I'm prying by saying, where did you
1:51.7	get the idea for this movie? Are you asking? Yes. First of all, thank you so much for coming.
1:58.0	This theater is so beautiful. I don't know if you've
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