Adventures in Filmmaking With Expat Extraordinaire David Cluck - Part 1 [S7.E6]

Ed interviews David Cluck, a Bangkok-based filmmaker, friend of
the podcast and bona-fide "interesting expat". The guys begin
talking about their mutual love of Thailand, but then go back to
the beginning to hear about David's early life as a musician in
Southern California and how he transitioned into working at a
local TV station. That led to some work on commercials and short
films and then slowly and surely into work on bigger budget film
projects.


David regales Ed with stories of working with Rob Lowe in Ed's
hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, and then to his break on a film with
Jeff Bridges, the 'Big Lebowski' himself. Now in the big leagues,
David took a flyer on a low budget film called 'Monster,' and lo
and behold the main actress would go on to win the Academy Award
for Best Actress. 


The guys then get into David's introduction to Thailand on a film
project called 'Formosa Betrayed,' which will lead to David
re-orienting his life towards the Land of Smiles. The rest is
history as they say.


Listen in next week for Part Two, when Ed and David focus on why
major film productions often choose to shoot in Thailand. 


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