On this edition of the podcast, we talk with two filmmakers who've spent most of their careers as writers but have now directed their first films: Marjane Satrapi, the writer-director of the Oscar-nominated film Persepolis, and Mike White, the writer-director of one of my favorites of 2007, Year of the Dog.
0:00 Intro
1:36 Interview: Mike White on Year of the Dog
20:12 Interview: Marjane Satrapi on Persepolis
39:27 Outro
Coming Up: Our 2007 year-in-review.
Duration: 41:04
Related Links
- Manohla Dargis and Nathan Rabin on Year of the Dog
- Noel Murray and A.O. Scott on Persepolis
- Stephen Colbert warns his viewers about Marjane Satrapi's film: