Matthew, would you mind doing the honors and giving a brief synopsis?
ALESSANDRO NIVOLA: That’s youropinion.
SHEAR: That’s, like, your opinion, man.
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AMANDA PEET: Stick to your own character.
SHEAR: you’re able to haveyouropinion of that when you see the film.
It’s about their relationship and what it’s like to meet someone who makes you feel less alone.
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I have many questions about this being your first feature as a director.
Why did you want to share it with the world?
And also, why did you think this story best suited the directing skill set you already had?
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SHEAR: I wrote this script during a lull in my acting career.
[Laughs] They give actors space to create something personal, and then they collaborate and tune in.
Amanda, I believe this is your first time producing a feature film.
You EP’d and showranThe Chair.
You take a stab at work with really smart people and get their notes and their takes on things.
It was a very collaborative atmosphere.
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I like that approach quite a bit, and it pays off big time in this movie.
That was a pretty good endorsement for Matt.
He really loved Matt and believed in him.
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PEET: For me, it was just the writing.
But does it push hard enough?
So that was goingintothe production.
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Now, I’m curious about leaving it.
Is this making you uncomfortable?
[Laughs] He’s the best.
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SHEAR:Go on.
If you don’t have them all, chances are you won’t make a good film.
These medications have names, and I just feel like that’s such an important detail.
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I just feel like, to me, that was a discovery when I was writing it.
I was like, Oh, I can actually talk about this.
Just Let ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Draw You Into Its Orbit
“This is likePaddington.”
PEET:The New Adventures of Old Christine.
I mean, anything, really, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a mood enhancer for me.
I hope that doesn’t sound sexual.
SHEAR: It’s not a bad thing.
NIVOLA:Raging Bullover and over and over again.
Just the scene where hes banging his head against the wall in the prison.
It makes you feel like everythings going to be alright.
SHEAR: I’m going to go withBattlestar.
I’ve watched it through like, three times.
It’s a sci-fi world, which is notexactlymy taste, so it was special.
NIVOLA: Isn’t there a scene inPortlandiawhere they watch that, and they can’t stop watching it?
Your life goes by as you watchBattlestar.
Then, later, I watched it through, and I convinced my wife to watch it with me.
It took some convincing.
NIVOLA: This is likePaddington, too.
I haven’t seen this movie either, but people just keep crying when they talk about it.
What’s the story here?
What am I missing?
SHEAR: Yeah, they’re all Jews.
SHEAR: I have to do more work on you.
The show definitely has a really special spark.
SHEAR: It’s a real expression of that golden age of television withThe SopranosandThe Wire.
It was amazing writing.
There are many copies, but they no longer have a plan.
You have other emotional scenes in the movie, but that one is just on another level.
Then, I know Holland personally.
PEET: Jon Hamm.
There’s a lot of sex, and Jon Hamm is having a lot of it.
But really, I don’t know because I haven’t seen it.
It was certainly really fun, and Jonathan Tropper is amazing.
It’s a really fun concept.
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