Talking Pictures

Alexander Payne

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Director Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways, About Schmidt) talks about the inspiration for his new film The Holdovers, what it’s like working with actors Paul Giamatti and George Clooney, and addresses the rumors of an Election sequel. He also shares the movie forever associated with one of his more awkward teenage dates. Plus, terrific answers to the Super 8!


Films Mentioned:

  • Election*
  • Sideways
  • About Schmidt
  • Nebraska
  • The Holdovers 
  • Paper Moon*
  • Citizen Ruth
  • Seconds
  • Something's Gotta Give
  • The Descendants
  • The Passion of Martin
  • Inspector Gadget
  • Citizen Kane*
  • Downsizing
  • Meet The Parents
  • Jurassic Park 3
  • Pokemon Detective Pikachu
  • Modern Times*
  • Viridiana
  • Seven Samurai*
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Annie Hall
  • Manhattan
  • Taxi Driver
  • A Special Day
  • City Lights*
  • Bicycle Thieves*
  • Ikiru
  • Red Beard*
  • Dersu Uzala
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • The Unknown Known
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Gone With the Wind*
  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Casablanca*
  • The Garden of the Finzi Contini
  • The Two of Us
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Out of the Past
  • The Friends of Eddie Coyle

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