We talked about this at dinner.

When he and I sat down together for the first time, I had one request and he had one request.

And my request was, I don't want to make a film about Parkinson's.

And his request was no violins.

And yet I saw violins.

I don't know if you guys picked that up in the credits.

No, and I was at the mixing stage, did he mean literally no violence? Or was he like, you know,

but I think he didn't want to be pitied. He doesn't, he refuses to be pitied. And I've heard him say

that pity is a benign form of abuse.

Yeah. pity, and I've heard him say that pity is a benign form of abuse. Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, director Davis Guggenheim chronicles the triumphs and travails of actor Michael J. Fox in Still, a Michael J. Fox movie.

Screened as part of the DGA's documentary series, the film follows the actor, diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 29, as his public life is unspooled alongside his

never-before-seen private journey.

Guggenheim's other directorial credits include the documentary features he named

Mimilala and the Academy Award winning in Inconvenient Truth, as well as episodes of

the series Deadwood, 24, and NYPD Blue. He was nominated for the DGA Award for

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for his 2011 film, Waiting for Superman.

Following the documentary series screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,

Guggenheim spoke with director Andi Timoner about the film. Listen on for their conversation.

So first of all, congratulations on such a dynamic and incredibly uplifting film.

Thank you.

About what could have been.

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