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Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Storytelling with ‘Atlanta’ Director Hiro Murai

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re joined by director Hiro Murai! With the return of Atlanta (5:06), we discuss the homecoming of this final season (7:14), Murai’s connection to the character Earn (10:04), the influence of Hayao Miyazaki (14:09), immigrating from Tokyo to Los Angeles at age 9 (17:12), and his search for an artistic identity between these two worlds (20:38).


After the break, how the Coen Brothers and Takeshi Kitano shaped his early work (22:41), including music videos (25:12) for Earl Sweatshirt (27:32), Frank Ocean (30:19), and Childish Gambino (33:08). To close, we sit with a scene from Atlanta’s season premiere (35:27), the kind of work Hiro hopes to make in the years ahead (38:37), and a mission statement from author George Saunders (44:12).

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Sam. If you enjoy our interviews with writers and artists on Talk Easy,

0:04.7

then I'd recommend checking out the podcast, Missing Pages. Hosted by acclaimed literary critic and author Beth Ann

0:11.6

Patrick, Missing Pages investigates the biggest hot button topics in the book

0:16.2

world today with the help of special guests like New York Times Best Selling Author

0:21.2

Jody Pekle and publisher weeklies Jim Miliet.

0:24.8

Produced by the People at the Podgolomerate,

0:27.0

Missing Pages explores everything from the Insta Frame of Colleen Hoover

0:31.2

to the rise of book bands across America to the lucrative culture of non-fiction

0:36.3

ghost writing. As both the Washington Post and The Guardian praise, missing pages is a must listen. So if you'd like to check it out you can follow

0:44.8

missing pages on Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm Sam Fric Hero Morai.

1:34.0

Hero has made music videos for a tribe called Quest, Flying Lotus,

1:38.6

Childish Gambino, Earl Sweatshirt,

1:41.2

FK Twigs, and more. But in recent years he's found his calling on television,

1:47.3

where he's directed seminal episodes of hit shows like Barry, Station 11, and most frequently, Atlanta.

1:55.0

Alongside Star and Creator Donald Glover,

1:58.0

Hero has been a driving force on the Emmy Winning program,

2:02.0

which tells the story of two cousins trying to make it in the rap world of Atlanta.

2:07.0

After a brief hiatus, the show has just begun its fourth and final season, as Er Earn, Paper Boy, Darius, and Van

2:15.5

return to their hometown. Here's a clip from the trailer.

2:20.0

What's so great in Atlanta that you can't just leave it behind?

2:23.2

Oh, we're on! Oh my goodness.

2:35.0

I watch criminal minds and I know when someone's up to something twisted.

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