Director Michael Polish on His Film AMNESIAC, Jack Kerouac, and David Lynch

AMNESIAC director Michael Parker discusses Big Sur, Jack Kerouac, David Lynch, and strange sources of inspiration in this uncensored interview. His working relationship with wife Kate Bosworth, and the strange ego trips that booze and cocaine can facilitate, plus the influence of Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, and David Foster Wallace are all explored. We search for the ghosts of the Beat generation and learn why you should never date a drummer in this episode of Harper Simon’s TALK SHOW.

Guest Bio

Michael Polish is a director and writer, known for Big Sur, The Astronaut Farmer, Twin Falls Idaho, and Northfork. Married to Kate Bosworth, his latest film is Amnesiac.

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Episode Breakdown

00:01 Welcoming Michael Polish to TALK SHOW.

00:33 The insightful powers of cocaine.

01:52 Ego tripping at the whisky bar with Daniel Lanois.

03:39 How to work with talented people: Put the boots on.

06:55 Lessons from Sean Penn, Timothy Hutton & Tom Cruise, and keeping up with Tom Hardy and Ryan Gosling.

10:41 Art school and purgatory of Big Sur.

13:11 Making a movie with someone you love vs. taking the drummer home.

16:08 Blue Velvet & David Foster Wallace.

18:30 Beats, Kerouac, and Barfly on the coast.

22:25 Method directing, Neal Cassady, and Allen Ginsberg.

25:38 Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the ghosts of the beats.

28:26 Making AMNESIAC and dinner plans with the other man in black.

31:08 AMNESIAC, Trailer.

Guest Bio

Michael Polish is a director and writer, known for Big Sur, The Astronaut Farmer, Twin Falls Idaho, and Northfork. Married to Kate Bosworth, his latest film is Amnesiac.