Alex Gibney
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Podcast Appearances
And the tendencies are, let's do the thing that worked the last time.
Yes, I think that's right. And you're looking over into the distance for... that swell that's going to be different. And I think it'll come, because it's always been like that. You know, you go back to the 20s and the 30s and the 40s. Think about what radio producers must have thought with the advent of television. It's over for us.
Yes, I think that's right. And you're looking over into the distance for... that swell that's going to be different. And I think it'll come, because it's always been like that. You know, you go back to the 20s and the 30s and the 40s. Think about what radio producers must have thought with the advent of television. It's over for us.
Yes, I think that's right. And you're looking over into the distance for... that swell that's going to be different. And I think it'll come, because it's always been like that. You know, you go back to the 20s and the 30s and the 40s. Think about what radio producers must have thought with the advent of television. It's over for us.
There was something I heard the other night. I went to a benefit for this small little outfit up in Maine, which is a place called the Carpenter's Boat Shop, where people who have found themselves betwixt and between spend time at a place where they learn how to build boats. Okay. Cool.
There was something I heard the other night. I went to a benefit for this small little outfit up in Maine, which is a place called the Carpenter's Boat Shop, where people who have found themselves betwixt and between spend time at a place where they learn how to build boats. Okay. Cool.
There was something I heard the other night. I went to a benefit for this small little outfit up in Maine, which is a place called the Carpenter's Boat Shop, where people who have found themselves betwixt and between spend time at a place where they learn how to build boats. Okay. Cool.
But this guy who's been doing that or who founded it and has been running that place for 45 years talked about his life. He said, I feel like My life is a rowboat. You know, I'm always looking backwards but moving forwards. And I was like, you know, it's not unlike this moment for creators. You know, you got to know what's happened behind.
But this guy who's been doing that or who founded it and has been running that place for 45 years talked about his life. He said, I feel like My life is a rowboat. You know, I'm always looking backwards but moving forwards. And I was like, you know, it's not unlike this moment for creators. You know, you got to know what's happened behind.
But this guy who's been doing that or who founded it and has been running that place for 45 years talked about his life. He said, I feel like My life is a rowboat. You know, I'm always looking backwards but moving forwards. And I was like, you know, it's not unlike this moment for creators. You know, you got to know what's happened behind.
But you keep going.
But you keep going.
But you keep going.
Because, you know, there's always a place, you know, you can't stay still, right? Yeah.
Because, you know, there's always a place, you know, you can't stay still, right? Yeah.
Because, you know, there's always a place, you know, you can't stay still, right? Yeah.
That's right, yeah. What is it? Art is born of constraint and dies of freedom. Because I can remember there was a period in docs where it was like, I'm not going to do a film for under, you know, $2 million or $3 million. That's just the way it is. And then I remembered, like, There was supposedly a conversation between Louis Bunuel and Nicolas Rey in Spain at some point.
That's right, yeah. What is it? Art is born of constraint and dies of freedom. Because I can remember there was a period in docs where it was like, I'm not going to do a film for under, you know, $2 million or $3 million. That's just the way it is. And then I remembered, like, There was supposedly a conversation between Louis Bunuel and Nicolas Rey in Spain at some point.
That's right, yeah. What is it? Art is born of constraint and dies of freedom. Because I can remember there was a period in docs where it was like, I'm not going to do a film for under, you know, $2 million or $3 million. That's just the way it is. And then I remembered, like, There was supposedly a conversation between Louis Bunuel and Nicolas Rey in Spain at some point.
And Bunuel, who had sort of learned how to save money by being a producer, was notorious for being very cheap and very efficient in his shooting. They used to call him Mr. Clapstick because, you know, to edit his movies, all you do is you cut out the clapsticks. And then you'd send it to the lab, right? But he was telling—