Our first guest on Talking Pictures is writer director Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give, It’s Complicated, The Holiday). Recorded at her home, host Ben Mankiewicz talks with Meyers about casting Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, getting script advice from Sunset Boulevard director Billy Wilder, and they discuss what it’s like to become famous for her interiors. Spoiler: it’s frustrating! Nancy Meyers also answers our Super 8 questionnaire and reveals which film had her running from the theater in absolute terror.

FILMS MENTIONED:

Something’s Gotta Give
It’s Complicated
The Holiday
Sunset Boulevard
His Girl Friday
Harry and Walter Go To New York
Terms of Endearment
About Schmidt
Reds
The Magnificent Seven
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*
The Misfits
The Graduate
It’s a Wonderful Life
North by Northwest
Private Benjamin
Baby Boom
Double Indemnity
Stalag 17
Ace in the Hole
Some Like it Hot*
Sabrina
The Apartment
Lost Weekend
The Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby
Trouble in Paradise
The Intern*
The Exorcist*
Love in the Afternoon*
Rear Window
Day For Night
A Man and a Woman
Paddington 2
The Worst Person in the World
Modern Times*
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Great Escape

*Available on Max as of 1/16

(Availability of titles subject to change)

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Nancy Meyers