The Lost Bus

So they list some examples.

Firstly, Matthew McConaughey's 17 year old son, Levi, who asked to read for the survival drama, The Lost Bus.

His father ignored the request until he asked five separate times to prove he was serious.

And then McConaughey refused to lobby the studio.

Sing by Blake.

And The Lost Bus by Tim and Amber.

So they were the 13, um, individual, obviously 12 films, one TV series, one TV season, I should say, picked us as kind of classics for the reasons that were outlined in the episode.

How do you feel about that as a list of kind of...

Like, there's other things of his I kinda like.

Yeah.

Um, you know, he's, he's good, but it's like, you know, so I'm sor- like The Lost Bus, Last Bus? Lost Bus.

Yeah, Lost Bus.

It's lovely and very low stakes.

Honorable mention two, The Lost Bus on Apple TV+.

Paul Greengrass directed it with Matthew McConaughey as a school bus driver getting 22 children out of the campfire in Paradise, California in 2018.

It's a tense one, but it's the infrastructure pick.

As a filmmaker, Paul Greengrass must be the most socially conscious living director, one of the most socially conscious living directors.

From his early days working on ITV's current affairs programme, World in Action, he's gone on to tackle true stories and invariably given them a visceral fillip, be it the Northern Ireland massacre in his Bloody Sunday, 9-11 in his gut-churning BAFTA-winning United 93, the invasion of Iraq in Green Zone with Matt Damon, the Somali hijacking in Captain Phillips with Tom Hanks, the 2011 terrorist attack in Norway in 22 July, and the real-life environmental horror of The Lost Bus with Matthew McConaughey, which came out last year on Apple TV+.

Now he takes that documentary realism to medieval England in the story of the Peasants' Revolt, utilising all his characteristic traits so that the viewer is plunged into the horrific events of 1381, from his use of the so-called shaky cam to the authenticity of the costumes and backdrops.

And he really has marshaled a top.

Enjoy.

Paul, about a year ago, you were on the, uh, podcast talking about The Lost Bus.

Um-

Yep.

This is nowhere near his peak for me.

I think this and The Lost Bus, which is the Matthew McConaughey film from a few years ago, they're far cry away from his Bourne films, which I absolutely love.

And even Captain Phillips, that excellent Tom Hanks film.

I think that is the peak Greengrass for me.

It's a strange and amazing experience.

I was saying to Paul, 'cause I, the last time I spoke to Paul was, uh, for The Lost Bus, and he was literally about to go and start filming this with you.

Oh, cool.

And this was a year ago.

You're very generous to say I have a film coming out.

Paul Greengrass, the amazing director of several of the Bourne films, Captain Phillips, United 93, Lost Bus, News of the World.

I mean, one of the greatest living filmmakers, in my opinion, and I think many people's opinion.

Paul made a movie about the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 starring the incredible Andrew Garfield, and I helped them make it.