Day of the Fight with Jack Huston and Gus Van Sant (Ep. 512)

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  We wanted to make a film that you could watch without the fight.

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  The fight is sort of the icing that you've.

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  I wanted to earn a fight.

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  I'm not a massive, you know, sports movie, boxing film.

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  I love them.

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  I love boxing sometimes.

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  But it wasn't like I set out to make a boxing film.

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  I wanted to make a film about a character, about a boxer, about a person, about an underdog, and about those struggles that were relatable as a human more than anything.

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  Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

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  In this episode, a once renowned boxer takes a redemptive journey through his past and present.

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  And director Jack Huston's drama Day of the Fight.

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  The film shows a day in the life of Mikey Irish Mike Flanagan, a champion boxer getting ready for his first fight since leaving prison.

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  As he prepares for the most important fight of his life, he reconnects with the people he was closest to and tries to make things right.

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  Day of the Fight is Houston's directorial debut.

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  Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Houston spoke with director Gus Van Sant about filming Day of the Fight.

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  Listen on for their spoiler filled conversation.

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  Thank you guys so much for coming.

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  I mean, we were just talking about the short film Day of the Fight by Stanley Kubrick and how that influenced this or sparked this particular film.

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  Yeah, I had an idea of Michael as a boxer from very early on when I was doing Boardwalk with him.

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  And I used to remember him punching sandbags and going off to the boxing gym.

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