55 Min Released Sep 15, 2015

James Foley: 9/15/15

James Foley, the newly announced director of Fifty Shades Darker, joins Brian this week to discuss how James thinks about directing, the years he spent in movie jail, and how decades of Freudian analysis helped break him out. Also, Foley talks about his time on House of Cards and how David Fincher’s trust gave him a 2nd shot in Hollywood. Plus, James tells a few stories from the set of Glengarry Glen Ross and takes a look ahead at his new project, Fifty Shades Darker.
 
Topics discussed on today’s show include: 

Glengarry Glen Ross
Fifty Shades Darker (Sequel)
Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
Billions
At Close Range
After Dark, My Sweet
“Papa Don't Preach” by Madonna
Reckless
House of Cards
The Intern
The Martian
Gladiator
Perfect Stranger
Solitary Man
USC Film School 

 
People discussed on today's show: 

James Foley
Beau Willimon
David Fincher
Paul Giamatti
Sigmund Freud
Nikki Toscano
Nancy Meyers
Woody Allen
Ridley Scott
Halle Berry
Bruce Willis
Tom Cruise
Josh Donen
David Mamet
Alec Baldwin
Jack Lemmon
Ed Harris
Billy Wilder
E.L. James
Dakota Johnson
Jamie Dornan

 
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