Prepare your ears, humans. Happy, sad, confused, begins now.

Today on Happy, Sad, Confused, Director Todd Field returns to the cinema at

Longlast with Todd. Hey guys, I'm Josh Harrow.

It's welcome to another edition of Happy, Sad, Confused.

We're ending the year with a great filmmaker, a first time guest on the podcast.

Mr. Todd Field is on the show today talking all things tar, which is a movie that I

positively adore, starring Kate Blanchett. Look it up. We had her on just a couple of

months back. But I also love his earlier work in the bedroom, Oscar-nominated film,

Little Children Oscar-nominated film. These are two exceptional works and tar,

if you don't know, is a bit of a character study, kind of a thriller, kind of a drama,

kind of a black comedy at times. I appreciate it on all those levels and more.

It asks big questions. You will ask big questions of it and it will stick with you for

some time. And that's all you can ask for in a great piece of work. So I was more

than delighted to help spread the good word by having this chat with Todd on the

podcast here. He is a fascinating guy. This is a guy who for some maybe came to

prominence with a decent acting career. I remember him in Ruby and Paradise and in

Twister and of course an eyes wide shut. And then he made that difficult transition

into becoming a true master behind the camera. He's got some great stories going way

back when his maybe seemingly all unlikely friendship with Adam Samward, unlikely to

some. But they have remained friends. They're actually talking about collaborating,

which is a fascinating idea. He talks of course about the previous films, but also

about Stanley Kubrick. Eyes wide shut was a major film for him.

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