Vera Drew interview on making art, David Lynch, The People's Joker, and more
Meanwhile: A Twin Peaks PodcastShow Notes
My guest today on MEANWHILE is director, writer, editor, and actor, Vera Drew. Vera has worked on some of the best comedy created in the last decade including: On Cinema, Tim & Eric, I Think You Should Leave, Comedy Bang-Bang, and more. In 2024 she released the impossible film, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER which won her a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director. We talk about her mom's art, the magick of video cameras, Improv and all who sail with it, David Lynch's influence on her work, his loss, her film The People's Joker, the tragic beauty of Fire Walk With Me, Mullholland Drive, The Return, what's going on with Audrey Horne, and a lot more I am too tired to write about right now. You can find out more about Vera and her work here: veradrew.com Sources:
The People's Joker - Vera Drew - https://www.thepeoplesjoker.com/ The People's Joker Soundtrack - Justin Krol & Quinn Scharber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCnCtnCA2Xs&list=OLAK5uy_m7Ne38Oz14BJvpzQOm-VLyZNPsCcnB6rs Del Close Profile - City Worker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQzzLmR93o8 iO on Chicago - Charna Halpern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cLoozpA2k0 Castration Movie Anthology I: Traps - Directors Notes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXT8ZKZboCQ On Cinema at the Cinema - Hei Network - https://www.heinetwork.tv/ Last Four Watched with Alice Maio Mackay and Vera Drew - LetterboxHQ - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FP3bN7j0YlQ
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