The Devil You Know with Charles Murray and Matthew Cherry (Ep. 358)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Director Charles Murray discusses his new film, The Devil You Know, with fellow director Matthew Cherry in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they speak about how the film's premise developed over the years, his approach to casting Michael Ealy for the detective role, and his exploratory approach to directing actors. The film tells the story of Marcus, who after a lifetime of trouble is trying to turn his life around with the support of his loving family. When he discovers that one of his brothers may have been involved in a horrific crime, Marcus grapples with the limits of brotherhood and loyalty as he finds himself in the crosshairs of a seasoned but jaded detective. Please note: spoilers are included. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/June2022/DevilUKNow_QnA_0422.aspx

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0:00.0	that moment where you get to, you get to see these people breathe and you get to see that,
0:09.0	uh, that there's a just a connection that carries everything and makes those hard decisions
0:17.6	harder. But it's important to do that.
0:33.5	Yeah. hard decisions harder. But it's important to do that. Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:39.5	In today's episode, the questions of Am I My Brother's Keeper and, at what cost, are explored in director Charles Murray's thriller, The Devil You Know.
0:49.7	The film tells the story of Marcus, who, after a lifetime of trouble, is trying to turn his
0:55.6	life around with the support of his loving family. When he discovers that one of his brothers
1:00.8	may have been involved in a horrific crime, Marcus grapples with the limits of brotherhood and loyalty,
1:06.5	as he finds himself in the crosshairs of a seasoned but jaded detective.
1:16.7	In addition to The Devil You Know, Mr. Murray's directorial credits include the feature films A Cold Hard Truth, The Summoning, and Things Never Said, and an episode of Sons of Anarchy.
1:24.8	Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Mr. Murray shares insight into the making of The Devil You Know with fellow director Matthew Cherry.
1:35.9	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:56.5	What's going on, guys? How y'all doing? Great movie, right? So me and Charles, we go way back. So this is probably going to be more like a conversation as opposed to Q&A.
2:01.1	I don't know if it's us sitting in front of arc light or at the grill. There you go.
2:03.1	Well, one of the things that we had a quick get up a few minutes before this,
2:08.4	and, you know, one of the things I love about your work is just you're one of the few directors today
2:15.4	that I truly feel like are really making it a point to
2:19.0	show these complex depictions of black men, obviously, but not only just in the drama space,
2:27.5	you know, the love story, you know, the family dynamics. It's just you're really catching it
2:32.1	in all different ways. And I wanted to ask you just
2:34.5	what makes you outside of the obvious, what makes that an important aspect of your work?
2:42.0	Because it's what I grew up in. Wait, before we get to that, though, I just need to say this.
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