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Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2018

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

The small, scrappy, tough-as-nails New York filmmaker behind classics such as 'She's Gotta Have It,' 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Malcolm X' reflects upon the challenges of making indie films over the last 32 years, the impact of and controversies surrounding his work and what he makes of Hollywood and America's fraught relationship with race in the past and present — the subject of his most recent project. But first: Scott Feinberg, the host of 'Awards Chatter,' reflects on the podcast's origins and evolution — and his 10 favorite episodes. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Ryan Gabos and produced by Matthew Whitehurst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the 250th episode of Awards Chatter,
0:13.2	The Hollywood Reporters Awards Podcast.
0:15.6	I'm the host Scott Feinberg,
0:17.0	and this episode marks a pretty special milestone
0:19.4	for me, Matt Whitehurst who records and edits
0:21.8	the vast majority of our episodes, and really all of us at the Hollywood reporter.
0:25.7	So thank you for joining us. This episode is presented by the HBO limited series sharp objects starring Amy Adams
0:32.4	Patricia Clarkson and Eliza Scanlon.
0:35.5	The New York Times has called this summer's smash hit a mesmerizing, meticulously constructed
0:40.4	and trans fixing thriller.
0:42.4	For your consideration in all Golden Globes and SAG awards
0:45.8	categories.
0:47.3	As our regular listeners know, each episode of Awards Chatter is usually comprised of an opening
0:51.5	segment in which I speak with someone smart about something
0:54.4	interesting going on in the biz and then a contender interview in which I spend on average about an hour
0:59.8	interviewing someone who is in the running for an Oscar, Emmy, or Tony.
1:04.0	Today, for the first time, that opening segment is going to be just me talking to you
1:09.1	about how this podcast got started and grew into what it is today, and why it means a lot to me and apparently
1:15.2	to a lot of you. But then we will go to our usual contender interview and we
1:20.3	made sure to secure someone befitting such a special occasion.
1:24.0	Namely, one of the most influential, controversial, prolific, and distinguished filmmakers of our time
1:30.1	or any other, a small, scrappy, tough as nails New Yorker behind such films as she's got to have it.
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