The A24 Podcast This Is How It Should End with Paul Schrader & Sofia Coppola
May 30, 2018
Paul Schrader, veteran filmmaker, and Sofia Coppola discuss Paul's unexpected career trajectory, ambiguous endings, challenges of writing without 'nighttime additives,' and what it took for Paul to finally make First Reformed, the movie he's been waiting his whole life to make.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Making and Promoting Independent Films
01:39 • 18min
Creating an Atmosphere of Mystery and Spirituality
19:22 • 8min
Writing Rituals and the Effects of Drugs
26:52 • 4min
The Ending: Happy or Mixed?
30:32 • 3min
Exploring the State of Things and the Temptation of Despair
33:43 • 2min
Finding Metaphorical Distance in Storytelling
35:29 • 9min
Casual conversation about living arrangements and a funny story about Lucas Valley
44:41 • 2min