Ezra Edelman

…And so a month after that, with that seal broken now, you may recall that Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris and I did an episode of this very show in which we described our own experiences seeing Ezra's movie at an early screening ourselves, long before the documentary became, you know, the Lost Ark.…

…And the writer, who had been following the production process for a year and a half behind the scenes, declared it a, quote, cursed masterpiece, end quote, citing the more than 70 interviews that Ezra had conducted.…

…It feels different because Ezra, who turned 50 last year, devoted almost five years of his life to very quietly perfecting this film.…