Deep Cut: A Film Podcast

“MURPH! MUUUURPH!” Join us on a journey through the wormhole along with filmmaker Isadora Neves Marques as we discuss Christopher Nolan’s intergalactic adventure, Interstellar. Is love calculable? How does this compare to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: a Space Odyssey? When does Nolan intercut TOO much? And is Matt Damon’s performance good? All will be revealed… if you listen, that is.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:08 Introducing Isadora
00:09:59 Our background with Nolan
00:17:50 Christopher Nolan director background
00:21:02 Interstellar intro
00:24:24 Nolan vs Hong Sang-soo, as indie filmmaker
00:27:57 Interstellar general reactions
00:36:01 Editing
00:39:58 Eli's theory
00:42:10 Scriptwriting and plotting
00:46:48 "Filmmaker for stupid people"
00:51:34 A limited worldview
00:56:38 Masculinity / Mann is bad
01:00:33 Screenwriting lessons from Nolan
01:03:44 Black hole / ocean planet
01:06:25 Ending and masculinity
01:10:19 Nolan film bros
01:15:05 Lack of awe
01:20:15 Craft
01:24:31 More from Isadora

The seventh and final director interview Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the legendary Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang. Wilson asks one of his cinematic heroes about the state of filmmaking today, his methods for working with actors, and his decades-long collaboration with Lee Kang-sheng.
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Timestamps:
00:00 intro
03:42 What do you hope new audiences will take from your films?
04:43 Rebels of the Neon god
06:20 Tsai and realism
07:35 The Hole
09:30 Tsai’s childhood
11:13 Theaters, streamers, and art museums
13:24 Video art versus narrative cinema
16:15 Fruits and vegetables (props and crops)
17:40 Abandoned buildings
19:27 Pacing and directing actors
21:22 Working with Lee Kang-sheng
22:35 Tsai’s Deep Cut picks

The sixth of seven (6-7!!!) director interviews Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the British, experimental director Ben Rivers, creator of the child-focused, post-apocalyptic exploration Mare’s Nest. Rivers speaks about giving child actors the freedom to be themselves onscreen, receiving Don Delillo’s blessing to stage his play The Word for Snow in the film, and the intention behind his depiction of an adultless world.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:03 Interview begins
03:32 Origins of Mare's Nest
06:07 Don Delillo
09:52 Children performing adult routines
13:14 Documentary versus fiction
19:09 Film-within-film
22:06 Moon walks into the past
25:02 Location filming
28:48 SEA filmmakers
31:25 Outro

The fifth of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the thoughtfully impassioned Vladlena Sandu, director of the autobiographical drama Memory. Sandu shares her influences from Tarkovsky to Pajaranov, praises her collaborators on this film, how hypnotherapy helped her make this film, and her strong anti-war convictions.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:15 Interview starts
04:03 Making Sandu happen
07:47 Childhood trauma through film
10:25 Personal truth
17:34 Motifs and repetition
23:48 Child actors
30:14 Production design
35:54 Influences: Tarkovsky, Parajanov, Pasolini
40:19 Ending of the film

The fourth of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with Edwin, director of the fantasy horror Sleep No More. Edwin shares his wide range of influences from Indonesian cinema history and beyond, speaks to his film’s commentary on labor rights, shares his own Deep Cut pick, and… shares a sing-along with Wilson?!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:04 Indoneisan horror film history
07:30 Edwin's influences
09:00 Indonesian politics and labor
15:38 Scary scenes
17:57 Casting
20:34 Special effects
23:12 Edwin's future horror
24:39 Edwin's Deep Cut Pick
25:57 Sing-along