Nancy Meyers

Our first guest on Talking Pictures is writer director Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give, It’s Complicated, The Holiday). Recorded at her home, host Ben Mankiewicz talks with Meyers about casting Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, getting script advice from Sunset Boulevard director Billy Wilder, and they discuss what it’s like to become famous for her interiors. Spoiler: it’s frustrating! Nancy Meyers also answers our Super 8 questionnaire and reveals which film had her running from the theater in absolute terror.

FILMS MENTIONED:

Something’s Gotta Give

It’s Complicated

The Holiday

Sunset Boulevard

His Girl Friday

Harry and Walter Go To New York

Terms of Endearment

About Schmidt

Reds

The Magnificent Seven

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*

The Misfits

The Graduate

It’s a Wonderful Life

North by Northwest

Private Benjamin

Baby Boom

Double Indemnity

Stalag 17

Ace in the Hole

Some Like it Hot*

Sabrina

The Apartment

Lost Weekend

The Philadelphia Story

Bringing Up Baby

Trouble in Paradise

The Intern*

The Exorcist*

Love in the Afternoon*

Rear Window

Day For Night

A Man and a Woman 

Paddington 2

The Worst Person in the World

Modern Times*

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

The Great Escape

*Available on Max as of 1/16

(Availability of titles subject to change)

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