BYOD: Bring Your Own Doc
Episode 264A
See Behind the Lens in RICHARD LINKLATER: Dream Is Destiny with Directors Louis Black and Karen Bernstein
RICHARD LINKLATER: Dream is Destiny is a documentary focusing on the life and films of Richard Linklater. Directors Louis Black and Karen Bernstein detail their personal relationship with Richard, BOYHOOD, WAKING LIFE and how Austin shaped Richard’s filmmaking career. Black and Bernstein also discusses the drama of no drama, creating films about time and how Richard’s unconventional filmmaking style created one-of-a-kind films that continue to connect with new audiences in this SXSW edition of BYOD hosted by Ondi Timoner.
Episode Breakdown
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
00:01 Welcoming Louis Black and Karen Bernstein to BYOD.
00:40 DREAM IS DESTINY premier & the Austin Chronicle.
02:03 Films about filmmakers & titling films.
03:20 Richard Linklater & Austin filmmaking.
04:04 Challenges in making a movie about Richard.
07:23 “UFO sites” & art instillations.
07:50 Richard’s relationship with his actors.
09:28 Stories about time.
11:25 Finding conflict & funding BOYHOOD.
14:03 Richard’s childhood & early filmmaking.
19:01 Richard’s journals & writing everyday.
22:07 Creating films in Austin.
23:27 NEWTON BOYS & WAKING LIFE.
25:40 Unconventional filmmaking.
30:40 Creative collaboration.
31:58 Ending the documentary.
34:20 SCHOOL OF ROCK & the role of the producer.
35:05 SLACKER & DAZED AND CONFUSED.
36:30 SXSW festival, directing & responses to the film.
42:40 RICHARD LINKLATER: DREAM IS DESTINY Trailer.
44:15 Thank you and goodbye.
Guest Bio
Louis Black co-founded THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE, and helped to launch SXSW. He has been a producer on many narrative and documentary films but this is his directorial debut. Bernstein is a Grammy and Emmy award-winning filmmaker in Austin. She has produced films for PBS American Masters, including portraits of Lou Reed & Ella Fitzgerald with work screened at over 100 international film festivals including Sundance and Berlin.
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