Behind the Scenes

Series produced by Andrea Chase

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Filmmakers talk with Andrea Chase

Smart, but never stuffy, Andrea Chase draws out filmmakers by asking the questions others don't think of, but wish they had. New insights, unexpected revelations, and a wry sense of humor set this interview series apart.


670 Pieces

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Caption: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/10, Credit: Andrea Chase
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu on life, death, and altered perceptions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 10:23
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Edward Norton talks sin, spirituality, and sounding authentic.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 09:24
Caption: Randall Wallace, September 24, 2010, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase
Randall Wallace talks recreating history, matching horses, and why Heart with a capital "H" is more important that ability.

  • Added: Oct 02, 2010
  • Length: 09:44
Caption: Ryan Reynolds, San Francisco, CA, September 20, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ryan Reynolds on sense memory, staying calm, and working solo.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2010
  • Length: 09:11
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Filmmakers Henry Joost, Nev and Ariel Schulman talk about taking the journeys, metaphorical and literal, to discover the truth about their Facebook...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 10:32
Caption: Vikram Jayanti, September 10, 2010, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Vikram Jayanti on lies, truth, and Hollywood Babylon in his doc, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF PHIL SPECTOR

  • Added: Sep 13, 2010
  • Length: 21:01
Caption: Ruba Nadda, April 29. 2010, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase
Writer/director Ruba Nadda talks heat, curves, and living on the edge.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2010
  • Length: 09:52
Caption: Amir Bar Lev
Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev talks about truth, propaganda, and cover-ups in the life and death of Pat Tillman

  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 14:18
Caption: Ben Steinbauer and Jack Rebney, San Francisco, July 30, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
WINNEBAGO MAN subject Jack Rebney and its director Ben Steinbauer talk logic, politics, and the pleasures and perils of making a film about a cultu...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2010
  • Length: 22:43
Caption: Idris Elba, San Francisco, CA, August 8, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
Idris Elba talks to Andrea Chase about glamorous gangsters, creative cross-pollination, and working in Rwanda.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2010
  • Length: 09:31
Caption: David Michod, June 18, 2010, San Francisco, Credit: Andrea Chase
David Michod talks crime, drama, and the silence of 17-year-old boys.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 18:15
Caption: Jay Duplass, San Francisco, June 22, 2010 , Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Jay Duplass, seminal member of the Mumblecore indie film movement, talks the downside of intense relationships, ceding control to his act...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2010
  • Length: 15:13
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MICMACS director Jean-Pierre Jeunet talks fate, inspiration, and the impersonal nature of modern warfare.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2010
  • Length: 08:13
Caption: Laura Poitras, San Francisco, April 27, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
Laura Poitras on talking to Bin Laden's former bodyguard, filmmaking in Yemen, and the American justice system.

  • Added: May 29, 2010
  • Length: 16:20
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Director and co-writer Vincenzo Natali on his provocative and disturbing speculation on genetic engineering.

  • Added: May 17, 2010
  • Length: 14:50
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Randal Keynes on CREATION, the film version of his book of the same name about his ancestor, Charles Darwin.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 14:27
Caption: Joel Edgerton, San Francisco February 9, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
Joel Edgerton talks with Andrea Chase about co-writing, co-starring, and working with brother Nash on THE SQUARE.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 17:26
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Cheech Marin talks about why the story behind THE PERFECT GAME resonates with him so deeply.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 12:56
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Writer/director Raymond De Felitta talks to Andrea Chase about the making of his film, CITY ISLAND.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2010
  • Length: 15:41
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THE ART OF THE STEAL's filmmakers Don Argott, Sheena Joyce, and Lenny Feinberg talk about the history of the Barnes Foundation, and the politics an...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 19:57