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Speaker 1: is a special showing of a movie called The Good Half. Now,
Speaker 1: we talked with Elizabeth schu on Monday about The Good Half.
Speaker 1: We talked with Matt Walsh yesterday about The Good Half,
Speaker 1: and today we're going to talk to the director and
Speaker 1: the producer, Robert Schwartzman. And if that name sounds familiar,
Speaker 1: he's been involved in a ton of stuff between directing
Speaker 1: and producing and acting. And he comes from like one
Speaker 1: of the most famous families ever, Uncle Francis Ford Coppola,
Speaker 1: cousin Nicholas Cage, cousin Sophia Coppola, brother Jason Schwartzman. I mean,
Speaker 1: this guy's got a lot of great stuff going on.
Speaker 1: And again, there's a special showing of the film The
Speaker 1: Good Half tonight in theaters all around the country, but
Speaker 1: here in Sioux Falls as well, and you'll get a
Speaker 1: chance not only to see the movie, you could see
Speaker 1: an interview with Nick Jonas, who's in this movie, and
Speaker 1: an interview with Robert Schwartzman. And this looks like a
Speaker 1: darn good movie.
Speaker 2: Thanks for having me. I just want to say you
Speaker 2: mentioned Elizabeth. Shoot, Matt Walsh. I feel honored to be
Speaker 2: the third guest. Okay, yeah, so no, it's great. It's
Speaker 2: great to be here talking about this home. Yeah, we
Speaker 2: we it's important to go to see movies in theaters.
Speaker 2: I mean, I we're all like, you know, like people
Speaker 2: that stay home and not and ordered food and watch
Speaker 2: movies online or on the streaming platforms. But I just
Speaker 2: want to reiterate. I mean, I think there's a beauty to,
Speaker 2: you know, going out to see a sell on the
Speaker 2: big screen. It's very powerful to when the lights, you know,
Speaker 2: go off and you're in this room for this amount
Speaker 2: of time. But yeah, it's gonna be it's gonna We're
Speaker 2: lucky that we're playing all around the country all the screen,
Speaker 2: so I hope people come out see it. But you
Speaker 2: know that people get out and see it, and I
Speaker 2: love to hear from people. So if anyone sees it
Speaker 2: and likes it or whatever you feel would love you know,
Speaker 2: these you know, messages online sharing your thoughts, because I
Speaker 2: think that's part of the power of in the movie.
Speaker 2: It's this communal experience of sharing. So that's that's why
Speaker 2: we go to the theater.
Speaker 1: Well, and the thing that's fun when you go to
Speaker 1: the theater again, not only you have like way better
Speaker 1: popcorn than you make at home, but you get to
Speaker 1: watch this and experience this with a whole bunch of
Speaker 1: friends and a bunch of strangers too. But you get
Speaker 1: to be there and it's more of an experience than
Speaker 1: it is just sitting in the you know, the darkness
Speaker 1: of your own living room.
Speaker 2: Well, we know what it is too. That's really interesting
Speaker 2: about The Good Halfes is you know, this is a
Speaker 2: movie that deals with I mean, it's it's a movie
Speaker 2: you can laugh in and it's a movie you can
Speaker 2: cry in, and it's a movie that kind of takes
Speaker 2: you on this emotional rollercoaster. But you know, grief, you know,
Speaker 2: is something we all experience. That that feeling like love,
Speaker 2: you know, is a universal experience. Grief is universal, and
Speaker 2: you know, you can be in a room with strangers,
Speaker 2: but you have similar feelings, right, We're all built with
Speaker 2: these emotions. So there's a sort of this movie in
Speaker 2: a way deals with subject matter that I think is
Speaker 2: very sort of unifying or communal or relatable in emotion
Speaker 2: what it kind of brings out of you. So I
Speaker 2: find when we watch it in rooms it's great. I mean,
Speaker 2: like I feel it's screened to trybeca originally, and uh,
Speaker 2: you know, just to see it in a room with
Speaker 2: a lot of people was so amazing, like getting the
Speaker 2: laughs and getting you know, seeing someone next to me,
Speaker 2: like you know, cheering up at that moment. It kind
Speaker 2: of shows you the power of filmmaking. Yeah, if you're
Speaker 2: doing it right, you're bringing out of somebody some kind
Speaker 2: of response emotionally, you know. So I just think with
Speaker 2: all it's funny, I was talking about it recently, but
Speaker 2: with all these big spectacles that we live in today,
Speaker 2: of these like IP comic book movies, Oh yeah, I
Speaker 2: think a balance. It's like a diet. It's like you
Speaker 2: have to have a balanced diet. Those movies represent, you know,
Speaker 2: probably something that really like triggers a response, similar to
Speaker 2: like eating a giant cake. But I think that like
Speaker 2: you have to balance yourself with something stimulating too. So
Speaker 2: as long as people are I think they're engaging with
Speaker 2: film in some level. I think as a filmmaker, that's
Speaker 2: all you can ask for, you know, to support your
Speaker 2: fellow filmmakers.
Speaker 1: Absolutely. Now the new film The Good Half, you got
Speaker 1: to be the director and the producer on this. But
Speaker 1: in addition to being a director and a producer on
Speaker 1: many projects, you're also an actor on some projects as well.
Speaker 1: I remember the Princess Diaries, and there's a big long
Speaker 1: list of others on here is it when you're on
Speaker 1: the set and you're an actor compared to being the
Speaker 1: producer or the director? How different is that for you personally?
Speaker 1: Is that that's got to be like wearing a completely
Speaker 1: different hat and like a whole different experience.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's totally different. I mean there are ways that
Speaker 2: it's really beneficial and then there are ways it can
Speaker 2: be very distracting. But I've produced films for other filmmakers.
Speaker 2: I do it really only if it's something I'm very
Speaker 2: much involved in on like a like a passionate creative level.
Speaker 2: I don't just casually produce stuff, you know, like as
Speaker 2: a job. So but I think what it is is,
Speaker 2: if you're directing a movie, you have to always make
Speaker 2: You're always given decisions to make right. Everyone's looking to
Speaker 2: you for the answers, whether it's is she wearing the scarf?
Speaker 2: Do you want the hair up? Or your town? Is
Speaker 2: this shade too dark? As a shade too light? Is
Speaker 2: this chair right? But you know so as a producer,
Speaker 2: you're dealing with a whole set of like circumstances every day.
Speaker 2: You have to have other people you can work on
Speaker 2: set to be able to answer those bigger logistical questions
Speaker 2: when you're answering these in the weeds, the little tiny
Speaker 2: questions of shaping the scene. So in that way, it
Speaker 2: can be distracting, right if you have to deal with like, hey,
Speaker 2: we can't find the driver of this truck. It's blocking
Speaker 2: the building, this is where you wanted to shoot. Sorry,
Speaker 2: no one coned off the street in the morning. Those
Speaker 2: are little things. Okay, let's change, let's shoot it over here.
Speaker 2: But I think as a director, knowing production, you have
Speaker 2: there's a sensitivity to how we problem solved because you
Speaker 2: know what the problems are in real time, or you
Speaker 2: know what they were last week, so you know how
Speaker 2: to get in front of us. That's a great benefit.
Speaker 2: And I think directing is problem solving people, you know,
Speaker 2: whether it's just on the small level of an actor
Speaker 2: doesn't want to say the line, or a bigger level
Speaker 2: of we lost the location. So yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2: I'm just I really like. My dad was a movie producer.
Speaker 2: I I kind of I got to watch you know,
Speaker 2: him kind of work up until a point in my
Speaker 2: life where he passed away. And that's sort of what
Speaker 2: the good half for me was. I know what, you know,
Speaker 2: my father passed away so when I was young, so
Speaker 2: I kind of have my own experience with loss and
Speaker 2: grief and what it means to kind of go through this.
Speaker 2: I found that in this movie in directing it. And
Speaker 2: then there's movies that I produce only where I just
Speaker 2: want to direct it because I'm like, you know, you
Speaker 2: not want to step in, but I just want to
Speaker 2: be able to inspire the director to think a little
Speaker 2: bit outside the box when it comes to how to
Speaker 2: get through this problem. So it's a balance. Oh sorry,
Speaker 2: my kids are waking up. You may hear screaming, but anyway, Yeah,
Speaker 2: it's a balance of how you get through it and
Speaker 2: find you know, make sure you can always keep your
Speaker 2: eye on the ball creatively. And then I think for
Speaker 2: as a producer, it's always supporting the needs of the
Speaker 2: director and make making sure you know this isn't your
Speaker 2: film the director, You're just here to help make it happen.
Speaker 1: Absolutely well, Robert, thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 1: I appreciated a bunch, sir, Yeah, no, thank.
Speaker 2: You thanks for having me. I really appreciate it. I
Speaker 2: hope people get to see it on the twenty fifth again.
Speaker 1: Our guest today has been Robert Schwartzman. He is the
Speaker 1: producer and the director of a movie called The Good Half.
Speaker 1: It's in theaters again tonight with a special showing where
Speaker 1: you get to see an interview with him, also an
Speaker 1: interview with Nick Jonas. And it's way more fun to
Speaker 1: see it on the big screen with all your friends
Speaker 1: than to just click the button later and watch it
Speaker 1: at home. You can do that as well, but go
Speaker 1: check it out tonight. It's in theaters. All of the
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