Episode 27: The Craft Of Director with David O. Russell
Episode 27: The Craft Of Director with David O. Russell  
Podcast: The Director's Cut - A DGA Podcast
Published On: Thu Jun 16 2016
Description: Director David O. Russell engages in an in-depth discussion with Jeremy Kagan about his filmography, including Three Kings, Silver Linings Playbook, and American Hustle. Topics include thinking of a film's structure in terms of "waves" (10:00), auditioning Christian Bale for the role played by Spike Jonze in Three Kings (18:00), beginning every day on a shoot with a team "huddle" (35:00), and rehearsing a fight scene from The Fighter with Amy Adams at a Whole Foods at 10 o'clock at night (53:00).