Weeping Bleeding Hearts with David Lowery & Anne Hathaway

About this episode

David Lowery and Anne Hathaway discuss their collaborative process and experiences while creating the film 'Mother Mary'.

Topics covered include: Deep collaboration, early drafts of Mother Mary , being quick to discard dialogue, finding inspiration in the Faroe Islands, Anne's fear of making the easy choice, the qualities of being a Texas gentleman, the touchstone records that the cast listened to on set from Ke$ha to St. Vincent, Anne’s intensive pre-production process, David offering a special live reading from the Mother Mary script, dance as a monologue, feeling truly transformed as a person after completing the film, bleeding hearts, and praise for Nick Cave.

People in this episode

Guests: David Lowery, Anne Hathaway

Topics covered

• collaboration
• film production
• inspiration
• dialogue
• pre-production process
• personal transformation
• music influence

Keywords

• collaboration
• Mother Mary
• David Lowery
• Anne Hathaway
• Faroe Islands
• Texas gentleman
• pre-production
• Nick Cave
• music
• dialogue

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ke$ha, St. Vincent

Books & works: Mother Mary

Places: Faroe Islands, Texas

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