Adventures in Filmmaking With Expat Extraordinaire David Cluck - Part 2 [S7.E7]

This is Part 2 of Ed's interview with friend and expat
extraordinaire David Cluck. The guys pick up where they left off,
discussing the holy grail: living in Thailand but making a
Western salary. David explains how he began to get work in
Thailand and for a while balanced a life in L.A. with one in
Bangkok. He shares numerous anecdotes from his work on the Hua
Hin Film Festival, which eventually led him to intersect with the
cast and crew of "Only God Forgives" and a meeting with Ryan
Gosling.


David then explains how he got a unique opportunity to work as
the assistant director on a black and white silent film, shot in
L.A. but written and directed by French filmmakers. Wholly
unexpectedly, the film, "The Artist," went on to win the Academy
Award for Best Picture, among many other accolades. And believe
it or not, the Cluckster has some of the only spoken lines in the
film!


The boys wrap up by diving deep into the advantages that Thailand
brings to foreign film productions, from excellent crews to
fantastic scenery as well as tax incentives and rebates. Suffice
it to say that you can add film production to your list of all
the cool things going on in Thailand today. 


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