Clint Bentley
American film director and screenwriterWikipedia
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Aug 31, 2026
Alex GetterHOST
going to bring that up.
Alex GetterHOST
Co-written with a guy named Clint Bentley.
Alex GetterHOST
Yes.
Alex GetterHOST
Clint Bentley is the one that directed Train Dreams.
Austin PerdueHOST
Okay.
Austin PerdueHOST
I haven't seen it yet, and I know I will like it.
speaker_2HOST
It's a very slim novella, but it haunts you.
speaker_3HOST
And Clint Bentley's film adaptation, which is led by Joel Edgerton, treats that specific, fragile slenderness with profound respect.
speaker_3HOST
The instinct in Hollywood is usually to take a critically acclaimed book and bloat it.
speaker_2HOST
To inflate a slim novella into some massive three-hour historical epic lore, this film actively refuses to do that.