James Mangold

So it's kind of the close-ups get asymmetrical or you end up with these incredibly beautiful two faces within the rectangle. Anyway, blah, blah, blah. But it was really interesting to me to try to just land in the world, I thought it was perfect, that color. And I have to assume though...

Yeah, I went, well, I was born in the Lower East Side in New York in 63.

Yeah, I went, well, I was born in the Lower East Side in New York in 63.

Yeah, I went, well, I was born in the Lower East Side in New York in 63.

It may have almost left at times. I have since memory, I think, of the late 60s and the pickle barrels and the Finnish salesmen and the... und die hebräischen Buchstaben und einfach, ich meine, einige davon sind noch da, nicht die Pickle Barrels, aber das und das Garbage, das in der Straße fliegt und einfach generell der Geruch und Gefühl.

It may have almost left at times. I have since memory, I think, of the late 60s and the pickle barrels and the Finnish salesmen and the... und die hebräischen Buchstaben und einfach, ich meine, einige davon sind noch da, nicht die Pickle Barrels, aber das und das Garbage, das in der Straße fliegt und einfach generell der Geruch und Gefühl.

It may have almost left at times. I have since memory, I think, of the late 60s and the pickle barrels and the Finnish salesmen and the... und die hebräischen Buchstaben und einfach, ich meine, einige davon sind noch da, nicht die Pickle Barrels, aber das und das Garbage, das in der Straße fliegt und einfach generell der Geruch und Gefühl.

Think about that moment in New York within just a one half mile radius. You've got literally Bob Dylan at the Gaslight, Von Ronk, Baez onward. And then around the corner, you've got Coltrane and Davis. And I mean, this is literally the same place. Three blocks. Sure, and Ginsberg's around probably. Oh my God. And I mean, and Edward Hopper's painting over there.

Think about that moment in New York within just a one half mile radius. You've got literally Bob Dylan at the Gaslight, Von Ronk, Baez onward. And then around the corner, you've got Coltrane and Davis. And I mean, this is literally the same place. Three blocks. Sure, and Ginsberg's around probably. Oh my God. And I mean, and Edward Hopper's painting over there.

Think about that moment in New York within just a one half mile radius. You've got literally Bob Dylan at the Gaslight, Von Ronk, Baez onward. And then around the corner, you've got Coltrane and Davis. And I mean, this is literally the same place. Three blocks. Sure, and Ginsberg's around probably. Oh my God. And I mean, and Edward Hopper's painting over there.

And I mean, it is a hot, it is, it's just a square mile with like so much shit going down. It's hard to believe. And how much that's, interbraided into trucking companies and bookstores and shipping and pickles and conditions and smoked fish and Chinese restaurants. And those clubs weren't even clubs, but kind of retrofitted Italian restaurants. They weren't built as clubs.

And I mean, it is a hot, it is, it's just a square mile with like so much shit going down. It's hard to believe. And how much that's, interbraided into trucking companies and bookstores and shipping and pickles and conditions and smoked fish and Chinese restaurants. And those clubs weren't even clubs, but kind of retrofitted Italian restaurants. They weren't built as clubs.

And I mean, it is a hot, it is, it's just a square mile with like so much shit going down. It's hard to believe. And how much that's, interbraided into trucking companies and bookstores and shipping and pickles and conditions and smoked fish and Chinese restaurants. And those clubs weren't even clubs, but kind of retrofitted Italian restaurants. They weren't built as clubs.

They were kind of things that just happened in basements or in places. And yes, such an exciting time. There's an intimacy to it. Yes.

They were kind of things that just happened in basements or in places. And yes, such an exciting time. There's an intimacy to it. Yes.

They were kind of things that just happened in basements or in places. And yes, such an exciting time. There's an intimacy to it. Yes.

Whatever it was. Where is he going to run? That's right. Why not die doing what you like? Right. But I thought that was great. It's really interesting. And this thing about plot is, I mean, we could obviously talk forever. The plot is, I think plot has been just over defined with like bad guy, good guy. And then there is such a thing as an emotional plot. Yeah.

Whatever it was. Where is he going to run? That's right. Why not die doing what you like? Right. But I thought that was great. It's really interesting. And this thing about plot is, I mean, we could obviously talk forever. The plot is, I think plot has been just over defined with like bad guy, good guy. And then there is such a thing as an emotional plot. Yeah.

Whatever it was. Where is he going to run? That's right. Why not die doing what you like? Right. But I thought that was great. It's really interesting. And this thing about plot is, I mean, we could obviously talk forever. The plot is, I think plot has been just over defined with like bad guy, good guy. And then there is such a thing as an emotional plot. Yeah.

And I think it's more foreign to audiences at this point because they've been so stuffed to the gills with the world will end if this doesn't happen movies. But there is, you know, watching Joan fascinated, repulsed and falling in love with Bob at the same time is really interesting and has many movements to it. Watching Bob kind of in awe of Joan and kind of envying her career and her success