Our first guest on Talking Pictures is writer director Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give, It’s Complicated, The Holiday). Recorded at her home, host Ben Mankiewicz talks with Meyers about casting Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, getting script advice from Sunset Boulevard director Billy Wilder, and they discuss what it’s like to become famous for her interiors. Spoiler: it’s frustrating! Nancy Meyers also answers our Super 8 questionnaire and reveals which film had her running from the theater in absolute terror.

FILMS MENTIONED:

• Something’s Gotta Give


• It’s Complicated


• The Holiday


• Sunset Boulevard


• His Girl Friday


• Harry and Walter Go To New York


• Terms of Endearment


• About Schmidt


• Reds


• The Magnificent Seven


• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*


• The Misfits


• The Graduate


• It’s a Wonderful Life


• North by Northwest


• Private Benjamin


• Baby Boom


• Double Indemnity


• Stalag 17


• Ace in the Hole


• Some Like it Hot*


• Sabrina


• The Apartment


• Lost Weekend


• The Philadelphia Story


• Bringing Up Baby


• Trouble in Paradise


• The Intern*


• The Exorcist*


• Love in the Afternoon*


• Rear Window


• Day For Night


• A Man and a Woman 


• Paddington 2


• The Worst Person in the World


• Modern Times*


• Planes, Trains and Automobiles


• The Great Escape

*Available on Max as of 1/16

(Availability of titles subject to change)

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