Late to the podcast party, but this is my fave and I have been binging hard. Brett is a charming, skilled and kind interviewer. In short - love cinema? Like laughing? Then listen to this. Every ep with Nish is a must listen, and how I’m discovering the films I’ve missed in recent years. This past week I was blown away by the Tig Notaro ep. The entire episode, and my subsequent viewing of ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’, were both gifts I didn’t know I needed. Special thanks and much love to both Brett and Tig for their generosity of openness in an extraordinary ep. Other recently binged highlights for me have featured Romesh Ranganathan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Julia Stiles and Harold Perrineau. ‘Smoke’ (95) was almost my choice as favourite film so I was delighted to find that Mr Perrineau was such a delight. And now the film that means the most to me - in a life massively influenced by my love of film it was a pre release screening of ‘Out of Sight’. My then girlfriend and I were early in our relationship and had already seen a marketing screening of the film and adored it. We excitedly drove up to the Odeon at the Wirral to see it again. Steven Soderbergh was in attendance and spoke. I remember him openly admitting that with the sex scene he’d thought about best scenes in cinema, decided on Don’t Look Now, so thought to imitate it. There were random details about reworking scenes due to empty car parks(either a bank holiday or a strike had left a car park empty when they were counting on vehicles), and that weird random running extra who looks like he’s likely to tackle George Clooney - they only had time for one more take, so the extra just bolted figuring they’d end up featuring in the final product. After the film my GF was desperate to speak with Mr Soderbergh but was over awed. I acted the stooge and spoke with him just in order to introduce my GF. He was kind with his time and attention and they spoke about production design and art direction. My GF was so very inspired and went on to have a career in tv and film and often cited this as a seminal moment. Fortunately ‘Out of Sight’ truly remains Mr Soderbergh’s “least imperfect film”. What a wonderful night. (Miss you every day T x) Apologies for being long winded, and I hope you enjoyed this one Maureen.
