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Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar: How Train Dreams Became a Film | How I Write

Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar: How Train Dreams Became a Film | How I Write

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https://basecamp.com and tell them David Perell sent you. Clint
Bentley and Greg Kwedar are the two brilliant minds behind Train
Dreams, the Oscar-nominated adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella.
Their film is emotionally devastating in ways that stay with you
long after the credits roll. In this interview, I wanted to
understand how that kind of film actually gets made. We talk about
how they taught themselves filmmaking by building a mental archive
of films, how a single frame can unlock an entire scene, and why
adapting a book spirit often requires stepping away from its words.
This How I Write episode is an exploration into how two directors
think together, and how a deeply human story becomes something
monumental. About the host Hey! I’m David Perell and I’m a writer,
teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the
biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in
human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global
audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing
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