Sean Fennessey

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54,435 appearances 68 recordings 7 series first heard Jan 2025 last heard 2d ago

Sean Fennessey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Big Picture · The Best Movies About Filmmakers, and ‘Boorman and the Devil’ · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

A lot of his collaborators, a lot of people who worked behind the scenes on the film, Roscoe Pallenberger, his co-conspirator and a curious figure in movie history, speaks for the film. voice-verified

Most people working on this movie seem to think this is not going well, that this is not what I'd hoped it would be. voice-verified

There's some regret and confusion about the approach. voice-verified

When you're on a movie and the movie is not working, does everyone know? voice-verified

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I just, I think generally speaking, I think people who listen to the show know that I don't like to spend too much time on films that don't work. voice-verified

And that I, I'm one of those people that truly believes pulling off a movie is borderline miraculous because of how challenging it is, especially now. voice-verified

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But – and I do think what you said is true, which is that the failures tend to inform the successes. voice-verified

But the failures are meaningful, especially when it comes to high-level filmmakers and high-level actors, which is what we spend a lot of time talking about on this show. voice-verified

Because they have agency. voice-verified

They have the ability to make choices. voice-verified

And sometimes those choices lead them to very bad work. voice-verified

And we should talk about why the work doesn't work. voice-verified

Like I – voice-verified

I'm not saying you shouldn't. voice-verified

Do I think you should be judged on it? voice-verified

I do. voice-verified

I do think you should be judged on it. voice-verified

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