About this episode

Lilly Wachowski discusses her directorial debut 'Bound' and the journey to 'The Matrix' while also exploring industry news on tax incentives and box office performance.

This week, Kim Masters talks to Lilly Wachowski about making Bound, the directorial debut she co-directed with sister Lana. Wachowski recalls the wild experience of working with legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis, and how she and Lana went from living paycheck to paycheck as carpenters to having producer Joel Silver beg them to sell him The Matrix.    Plus, Masters and Matt Belloni dig into a newly unveiled bill that would create a federal production tax incentive, and what it could mean for the industry if passed. The banter partners also turn to some good news at the box office , where summer grosses topped pre-COVID levels by nine percent.  

People in this episode

Host: Kim Masters

Guest: Lilly Wachowski

Topics covered

• film production
• interview
• tax incentives
• box office
• Lilly Wachowski
• Bound
• The Matrix

Keywords

• Lilly Wachowski
• Bound
• The Matrix
• Dino De Laurentiis
• Joel Silver
• film industry
• tax incentives
• box office

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dino De Laurentiis, Joel Silver

Books & works: Bound, The Matrix

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