Lighter Darker: Ep 004: Twisters with Lee Isaac Chung and Ashley Jay Sandberg
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About this episode
Director Lee Isaac Chung (Minari, Twisters) and Executive Producer Ashley Jay Sandberg (Twisters, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart) discuss working together to balance science and storytelling with their latest film, Twisters. They share stories from the set, including real-life challenges from Mother Nature. The filmmakers and the Lighter Darker hosts chat about films that inspired them to choose their career paths and some roadblocks they faced along the way.
Chapter Markers [00:00:00] Intro [00:02:12] Questions from the mailbag [00:10:42] Rejection letters [00:19:44] Film foundations [00:28:20] The quiet power of nature [00:45:30] Final question [00:48:24] The martini [00:53:50] Outro
Episode Links Ashley Jay Sandberg - IMDb Lee Isaac Chung - IMDb Twisters The Abyss (1989) - IMDb Back to the Future (1985) - IMDb E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - IMDb Kar-Wai Wong - IMDb The Wizard of Oz (1939) - IMDb Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - IMDb Phil Tippett on the set of The Empire Strikes Back Batman (1989) - IMDb Ben Snow - IMDb ILM VFX Supervisor Ben Snow on the set of Twisters Florian Witzel - IMDb The Martini
Rob - The Greatest Night in Pop (2024) - IMDb
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