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This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, the filmmaking duo behind Half Nelson, Sugar, and Mississippi Grind. Ryan and Anna look back at how they began making movies and talk about their creative partnership and their frustration over Mississippi Grind’s audience. Also, the two discuss their commitment to making independent films and reflect on why directing television shows (The Affair, Looking, Billions) can be a scary, vulnerable experience.
Topics mentioned:
- Mississippi Grind
- Half Nelson
- Sugar
- Billions
- Buffalo 66
“How to Annoy a Fan Base in 60 Easy Steps” by Bill Simmons - Do the Right Thing
- She’s Gotta Have It
- Goodfellas
- First Blood
- The Deer Hunter
- Apocalypse Now
- Raising Arizona
- Stranger Than Paradise
- Slacker
- “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause” by the Jackson Five
- NY 99X radio station
- Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair
- True Lies
- Struggle, a short film by Ryan Fleck
- Creed
- Hard Eight
- California Split
- Gowanus, Brooklyn, a short film by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
- Out of Sight
- The Moment with Scott Rosenberg, Dec. 22, 2015
People mentioned:
- Ryan Fleck
- Anna Boden
- Vincent Gallo
- Rick Barry
- Spike Lee
- Leonard Maltin
- Martin Scorsese
- Jim Jarmusch
- Richard Linklater
- Emily Dickinson
- James Cameron
- Grant Heslov
- Ryan Coogler
- Ryan Gosling
- Ben Mendelsohn
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Steven Soderbergh
- James Lipton
This episode of The Moment is brought to you by Showtime’s new series Billions. Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis star in this bold, original drama as two of New York’s most powerful titans locked in an epic battle of egos. And there is no line both men won’t cross to win. Billions premieres January 17 at 10 p.m.—only on Showtime.
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Twitter: @BrianKoppelman
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Podcast production by Jayson De Leon.
