Alexander Payne Talking Pictures

Director Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways, About Schmidt) talks about the inspiration for his new film The Holdovers, what it’s like working with actors Paul Giamatti and George Clooney, and addresses the rumors of an Election sequel. He also shares the movie forever associated with one of his more awkward teenage dates. Plus, terrific answers to the Super 8!

Films Mentioned:

Election*

Sideways

About Schmidt

Nebraska

The Holdovers 

Paper Moon*

Citizen Ruth

Seconds

Something's Gotta Give

The Descendants

The Passion of Martin

Inspector Gadget

Citizen Kane*

Downsizing

Meet The Parents

Jurassic Park 3

Pokemon Detective Pikachu

Modern Times*

Viridiana

Seven Samurai*

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Annie Hall

Manhattan

Taxi Driver

A Special Day

City Lights*

Bicycle Thieves*

Ikiru

Red Beard*

Dersu Uzala

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Unknown Known

Cinema Paradiso

Gone With the Wind*

Doctor Zhivago

Casablanca*

The Garden of the Finzi Contini

The Two of Us

The Wolf of Wall Street

Out of the Past

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

*Available on Max as of 2/20 (Availability of titles subject to change)
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