
The Fabelmans with Steven Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson (Ep. 388)
The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast
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Did You Meet John Ford?
I thought about that on the day I was shooting, and I tried it several times in the operator. And so what I basically did was when I got into the editing room, I blew the shot up 30%, and I sent it to the effects house. So it was all an afterthought. Oh, it's brilliant, though. It's brilliant. Did you meet John Ford? This scene is word for word what he said to me. Word for words. The big difference is it wasn't known as Studio Lot. There were no posters on the wall. But when he walked in with the lipstick on his face, I recognized him.
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