Lily Gladstone

don't mind i've never watched her until she died she's always pretty cool so yeah she's never bad she's just not doing anything i don't think she's really had the license to do much either outside yeah so that's the problem

she like had an opportunity before david johnson because i think people thought like black panther 3 would be like really revolving she's going to be a big part of it still but people thought it was going to be like her as the name um lily gladstone

Bit of a laissez-du one.

It's difficult.

Yeah, come to this hard truth.

Yeah, I think B- would be where I'm at.

I think that Lily Gladstone level would make sense for me.

We good with that, B-?

I had heard about it for a long time.

I think a lot of people were like, this is sort of the introduction to Lily Gladstone, the actress whom I love.

I think she's... stunning and wonderful and, like, smart and adorable and everything.

She's so great.

The second features Michelle Williams.

She plays this kind of like, I don't know, an architect or like kind of home designer character.

And then the third features Lily Gladstone and Kristen Stewart.

And they're all taking place in kind of like this town, essentially, or like this area of the world, basically in Montana, these like small towns in Montana.

And along the way, he sort of explores his life, explores the choices he's made in both his personal life and his career.

The supporting cast is fantastic, including Lily Gladstone.

Boom.

Yeah.

Lily Gladstone plays a sort of an end of life therapist who counsels him.

But there's also phenomenal.

I can see it.

Yeah, I just, I really liked this film.

Even though the the main character, Lily Gladstone, plays the sister of the missing sister, the one that MMIW essentially.

And you find out in the first few minutes of the film that her sister has gone missing.

And so the whole film is Lily Gladstone trying to find her sister.

Right.

And the commentary that, you know, there's a. There's no dedicated assistance from the feds, even though the feds are because of the Major Crimes Act.

Right.

The feds are the ones who are supposed to investigate something like a disappearance, a kidnapping or potentially like a homicide or a death on reservation land.

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Yeah, but my friends aren't there.

That's a good point.

Yes.

Uh, and of course, Montana Film Festival is put on by our friends, including the person who is joining us today.

Once again, uh, coming back to Mike and Mike Go to the Movies, uh, the artistic director of the Montana Film Festival, and programming director for the Roxy Theater, the indie theater near my house in Missoula, Montana.

Uh, Mike Emmons, welcome back to the podcast.

He's...

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Lily Gladstone.

Yeah.

And they did a lot of sex stuff in it, and it was really hot.

This is a movie that has like everyone in the world in it.

Lily Gladstone is in it and she wins the movie.

She's so good.

And this story is, it's a movie about an actor in Hollywood who's like 60-ish and he finds He's had a moderately successful career.

But really, the story is about a man finding, like, trying to understand what is the purpose of his life.

Like, what brings happiness? Because he is so convinced that that is the thing that will give his life meaning.

And Lily Gladstone plays his therapist in the movie.

And she has, like, all these kind of really beautiful, thoughtful conversations with him about, like, but why would that give your life meaning? Like, what else could give your life meaning? You It's like grappling with that and trying to understand like the importance of family and the importance of relationships.

Tell me.

There is a horror Western coming out starring Lily Gladstone.

Okay.

And Kiowa Gordon.

I don't know.

It's, it's starring Lily Gladstone, and it's being directed by Reed Morano.

Okay.

So I mean, it's a-

... almost must be.

Right.

So in terms of timeline, published in '94, translated into Eng- English in 2019, announced for adaptation in October of 2020, and then in early '24, Lily Gladstone attached.

So-