Aug 12, 2026 · 27 min · 15 segments
Matt Johnson & Dominic Sessa Break Down TONY & Their Most Iconic Scenes The director and star of TONY sit down to talk building the film from Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, shooting on…
Matt JohnsonGuest
John FeitelbergHost
Dominic SessaGuest
But one is like your movies and your shows are, you're so immersive, and I feel like it's because of those layered, layered heads you're talking about.
Uh, I'm thinking of in Blackberry, like when you're in the RMI, the, the first office, and you're kinda sitting like you're in a computer classroom.
Is that, you think that's from the layered heads? Is that, that the strategy? [laughs]
And, and I do that less in, in Tony, but what I'm trying to do with Michael Bauman, the cinematographer, is connect every single shot to Dom's literal experience, which is why I'm shooting so much right here, and Dom's head is so much of the frame.
And oftentimes what he's seeing is obscured to the audience by his own head, and vice versa.
I like shooting him, uh, past Antonio Banderas's head to give you a sense of how these figures are looming over him.
And you feel like, you're like, "Oh, whoa." It's like, you know at a party, you can see-
But one is like your movies and your shows are, you're so immersive, and I feel like it's because of those layered, layered heads you're talking about.
Uh, I'm thinking of in Blackberry, like when you're in the RMI, the, the first office, and you're kinda sitting like you're in a computer classroom.
Is that, you think that's from the layered heads? Is that, that the strategy? [laughs]
And, and I do that less in, in Tony, but what I'm trying to do with Michael Bauman, the cinematographer, is connect every single shot to Dom's literal experience, which is why I'm shooting so much right here, and Dom's head is so much of the frame.
And oftentimes what he's seeing is obscured to the audience by his own head, and vice versa.
I like shooting him, uh, past Antonio Banderas's head to give you a sense of how these figures are looming over him.
And you feel like, you're like, "Oh, whoa." It's like, you know at a party, you can see-
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