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Spoiler Alert with Michael Showalter and Charles Rogers (Ep. 403)

Publish Date: 2023/1/27
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The Director's Cut - A DGA Podcast

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Director Michael Showalter discusses his new film, Spoiler Alert, with fellow director Charles Rogers in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, Showalter speaks about earning an emotional reaction to the film through technique, dealing with characters who use humor as a coping mechanism, and working with how an actor interprets a character naturally.

Based on Michael Ausiello's 2017 memoir, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, the film follows the final 11-months of Manhattan photographer Kit Cowan's life from his terminal cancer diagnosis to his death, told through the eyes of Ausiello, his spouse.

Please note: spoilers are included.

See photos and a summary of this event below:

https://www.dga.org/Events/2023/February2023/1222_QnA_SpoilerAlert.aspx