Working: A Nicolas Cage Social Satire For the Books

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🗓️ 19 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, host Isaac Butler talks to Kristoffer Borgli, the writer and director (and editor!) behind the new movie Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage. In the interview, Kristoffer discusses the writing and revision process for Dream Scenario and explains how he tweaked the main character once Cage signed on. He also talks about why he shoots on film, why he likes to both direct and edit his work, and how he’s able to maintain good vibes on set. After the interview, Isaac and co-host Cameron Drews discuss the importance of flexibility in creative work. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Kristoffer talks about getting feedback from trusted friends. Then he explains why he invited Taiwanese bodybuilder and performance artist Frank Yang to crash at his house for a while. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	Happy shopping. It is really important to me to have a positive vibe on set. There's sort of this romanticization of a chaotic set with a
1:08.5	mad genius, shouting. That's just like completely counterintuitive to how I work.
1:15.0	Welcome back to working. I'm Cameron Drew's. Usually I'm the producer, today I'm the host.
1:22.0	And I am your other host Isaac Butler
1:25.1	Isaac. Isaac How's it going man? Good it's it's stepping into the host shoes. I know it's a little scary. I don't know if the shoes fit quite yet they feel a little weird but yeah let's see yeah let's see let's see let's check it out
1:39.3	but I have to ask whose voice was preaching the gospel of good vibes at the top of the
1:46.0	episode. That was the writer, director, and editor Christopher Borgley who most
1:51.9	recently helmed the A24 film Dream Scenario, which is in theaters right now.
1:57.9	Awesome, I will admit that I saw that movie this past weekend, and it's great great but what drew you to Christopher and to this
2:05.2	material? Well I watched Dream scenario because I'm in the midst of writing a piece
2:10.0	about Nicholas Cage just as an actor and what makes him so special and I just really loved it
2:16.7	if you haven't read reviews of the film Dream Scenario is about a guy named Paul Matthews
2:21.2	he's a kind of Nebbbishie college professor who's never accomplished anything
2:26.1	he's played by Nicholas Cage and then one day he just starts appearing in
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