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Unspooled

Top 3: Tim Blake Nelson

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Tim Blake Nelson (Old Henry, O Brother Where Art Thou?) talks to Paul and Amy about three of his all time top films, including a documentary about a radical artist and a period piece that takes the "period" elements seriously.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to unspooled Top 3.

0:26.5

Today we have a very special guest.

0:30.2

We have the one and only Tim Blake Nelson, fellow Oklahoma, which means a great deal to

0:35.3

me.

0:36.3

And just amazing signature character actor turn star.

0:40.0

Of course he was Del Marodal and O'Brother were art thou.

0:43.6

He was of course the signature Buster Scruggs in the ballot of Buster Scruggs.

0:48.6

But beyond doing co-in brothers movies and Westerns with his name in it like his new Western

0:54.4

old Henry.

0:55.4

Oh Western just premiered in Venice where of course he plays old Henry.

0:59.6

I don't want to spoil too much about his character.

1:02.4

Let's just say he is a quiet farmer with a dark past and a swollen eye and a gigantic

1:08.8

mustache and a gun that will eventually get used.

1:12.5

Tim is also a director.

1:16.1

He is a duly art trained theater actor.

1:18.4

He is a man who knows his art in his film.

1:22.7

And he is a man I think with really interesting choices.

1:25.4

So I'm excited to bring him on to talk about his top three films.

1:28.3

Hello Tim Blake Nelson.

1:31.0

I found this to be a really interesting exercise because as a person who is involved in making

1:37.7

movies, sometimes as an actor and sometimes as a director and writer, I'm asked what's

1:43.2

your favorite movie.

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