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But let me ask you this, because this kind of pertains to my choice, because sometimes I feel like what I do, like I should do something better with my privileges, that I could do better things for the earth, perhaps.

But I want to ask you, what do you think that artists, if I may include myself in that or like filmmakers and poets and musicians and artists.

What are their roles in a time of crisis, do you think?

Well, as far as I'm concerned, filmmaking is just about the most important thing we can do.

So they got the money.

Director-wise.

They got the money.

They got the money people.

Stephen Root is just all-time character actor, amazing all the way through.

Director-wise, I mean, Hiro Murai knocks it out of the park consistently.

He's done a lot of stuff with Atlanta and elsewhere.

Mm-hmm.

Oh my God.

Oh, music video directors are doing it.

Oh my God, the, the Directors label just came out, and Michel Gondry and, and Spike Jonze and these guys are, are, are doing really interesting things too."

Oh, sure.

So-

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Who is that?

Director-wise?

A director, I don't know.

I have not a clue.

Yeah

... with this young, uh, effervescent filmmaker.

She's a, she's a friend.

That's right.

Right, right.

And they're very upfront about that.

We want you to leave here being a general filmmaker so that-

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We're looking to expand the definition of the auteur theory in a podcast that will pick a different director every season.

We use our full catalog to understand the arc of their career and discuss the impact this auteur had on world cinema.

Because as we mentioned, James Cameron has really had no experience with television.

And directing TV is a lot different from directing a film.

Directors in television typically get a lot less power.

And they're seen as a bit more disposable.

So it's kind of interesting that James Cameron stepped into that role.