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Mar 2021
42m 51s

'Minari' Dir. Lee Isaac Chung w/ Compose...

CHRIS O'FALT
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What Does a Childhood Memory Look and Sound Like? That's a question we explore with the "Minari" director, who revisited his memories of growing up on an Arkansas family farm in the 1980s to make this film. And for the second half of the podcast Isaac and I welcome his composer Emile Mosseri into the conversation to discuss their collaboration. Learn more ab ... Show More
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