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The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Three Christs with Jon Avnet and Rodrigo García (Ep. 248)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6806 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Director Jon Avnet discusses his new film, Three Christs, with fellow director Rodrigo García. The film follows a Michigan psychiatrist as he treats three paranoid schizophrenic patients, each of whom believes that he is Jesus Christ. Please note spoilers are included. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2020/March2020/JonAvnet_discusses_ThreeChrists_QnA_0120.aspx

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0:00.0

Hello, and thanks for tuning in to another episode of The Directors' Cut,

0:05.0

brought to you by the Directors Guild of America,

0:07.6

featuring today's top directors sharing behind-the-scenes stories of their latest films

0:11.6

and insights into the craft of directing.

0:14.6

Please take a second to subscribe to our show wherever you get your podcasts.

0:31.0

In this episode, John Affinette takes us behind the scenes of his new drama, Three Christs.

0:36.1

The film follows a Michigan psychiatrist as he treats three paranoid schizophrenic patients,

0:39.3

each of whom believes that he is Jesus Christ. In addition to three Christs, Mr. Avnet's directorial credits include the feature films Righteous Kill,

0:45.3

Up Close and Personal, The War, and Fried Green Tomatoes, the movies for television between two women and have a little faith,

0:53.3

pilots for the series Boon Town, Bunker Hill, and have a little faith, pilots for the series Boomtown,

0:55.9

Bunker Hill, and Pleading Guilty, and Episodes of the series Sneaky Pete and Justified.

1:02.6

He was twice nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies

1:07.3

for Television and Miniseries for 2007's The Starter Wife, and 2001's Uprising.

1:14.3

Following a recent screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,

1:18.6

Mr. Avnet spoke with director Rodrigo Garcia about filming Three Christs.

1:23.2

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

1:28.3

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation. The hardest part of this was doing a quick intro of you that would not take up 40 minutes.

1:38.3

But here's a quick one, just a little refresher.

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Some of your career highlights as director John include

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fried green tomatoes up close and personal red corner righteous kill which

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brought together Pacino and De Niro you have some notable producing credits

1:57.5

risky business less than zero black swans sky captain and the world of tomorrow and my own movie for good days which premieres at Sundance next week that's shameless

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