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This episode takes us behind the scenes of director Brady Corbett's new drama Vox Lux.

The film tells the story of Celeste, a young singer who had a meteoric rise to fame

after she survived a violent tragedy as a teenager and captured the nation's attention

when she sang at the memorial service. Years later, the now-superstar celebrity must deal with

the aftermath of a scandalous incident which could derail her career.

She seeks to reclaim her place in the entertainment world via an album of sci-fi anthems entitled

Vox Lux, and must find a way to come to grips with everything her life has become.

In addition to Vox Lux, Mr. Corbett's credits include the feature film The Childhood of a Leader and the short film Protect You and Me.

Following our recent screening of the film at the DGA Theatre in New York, Mr. Corbett spoke with director John Croquittus about filming Vox

During their conversation, Mr. Corbett discusses the lessons he learned while working with acclaimed directors,

such as Lars von Trier and Catherine Hardwick as an actor,

creating fiction in an era of post-truth and his shift away from realism in his directorial approach to the film.

Thank you. I thought I had seen the most definitive scene of Natalie Portman breaking down in a dressing room in my life, but I was so wrong.

I just want to first congratulate you on making a movie that there are a lot of great movies this year, and I feel like we're in a moment

when artists such as yourself are taking a mirror back to our society and trying to say something about

where we find ourselves at this really weird time that we're in. There's been a lot of great

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