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#409 - Noah Baumbach on The Squid and the Whale

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The Story of the Wrath of the Wilderness - A Memoir of the Family

"It was important for me to not censor myself," says director Dean Waram. "The going back to the walt feels like a very kind of honest, you know, confessional on my part" The film is more autobiographical than his other films and has been met with mixed reactions from fans who have seen it. It's about an 11-year-old boy whose parents are in hospital when he turns up at their home after being taken ill.

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