Millers in Marriage with Edward Burns and Doug Atchison (Ep. 519)

米勒斯与爱德华·伯恩斯和道格·艾奇逊的婚姻(第 519 集)

The Director's Cut - A DGA Podcast

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2024-12-21

34 分钟
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Director Edward Burns discusses his new film, Millers in Marriage, with fellow Director Doug Atchison in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses how he works as a Director while being one of the central Actors to the film, how he artfully utilizes locations and resources to work effectively on small budgets, and collaborating with his Actors to discover more authentic arcs from his characters. The film follows the Miller siblings, a former musician, a writer and an artist, who all contend with challenging shifts in their marriages. As their lives change, their relationships are put to the test, bringing them closer to their partners or pushing them further apart.

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  • In the 90s, there were so many films made about us and every experience we had.

  • I wanted to explore, you know, where we are in our mid-50s, you know, as you hit that age, does anybody still give a?

  • And if there is an audience out there, you know, does anybody on the other side give a?

  • They can help me reach that audience.

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

  • In this episode, the many marital trials of a family of siblings play out in director Edward Burns drama Miller's in Marriage.

  • The film follows the Miller siblings, a former musician, a writer and an artist who all contend with challenging shifts in their marriages.

  • As their lives change, their relationships are put to the test, bringing them closer to their partners or pushing them further apart.

  • In addition to Miller's and marriage, Burns other directorial credits include the feature films no Looking Back, Sidewalks of New York and Newlyweds and the series Public Morals and Bridge and Tunnel.

  • Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Burns spoke with director Doug Acheson about filming Millers and marriage.

  • Listen on for their spoiler filled conversation.

  • Thank you very much.

  • I wonder if we have any married artists in the house tonight who can relate.

  • Mr.

  • Burns.

  • Oh, hey, Doug.

  • How you doing?

  • Eddie, I just was telling you I watched the movie the other night and I'm in the age range, I'm married, I'm an artist, and I was replaying lines in my head that night, having a hard time going to sleep.

  • You have characters saying out loud a lot of the things that ricochet in our brains because this is not just Millers in marriage.

  • These are three artists who are in marriage.