TIM BLAKE NELSON - Actor / Writer / Director

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James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 108 - TIM BLAKE NELSON - ACTOR / WRITER / DIRECTOR

On this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, we speak with actor, writer, and director Tim Blake Nelson (LEAVES OF GRASS, THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, LINCOLN) about a wide range of topics. We had the pleasure of working with him on O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?, and we had a wonderful time catching up with him. We learn all about his journey from Oklahoma to his first breaks as an actor, and we discuss the artistic and academic foundation that informs his choices as a filmmaker. James and Tim both studied the classics in college, and they compare their Latin and Greek syllabi and reflect on how they still draw from what they learned during their education. Picking the subject back up later in the episode, we also learn the truth behind the apocryphal myth as to whether anyone actually read Homer's Odyssey before shooting O BROTHER. Tim later reflects on his parallel career as a playwright, and we learn why he doesn’t direct his own plays as he muses on the different demands of conceptualizing a story for the stage versus one for the screen. Later, we discuss his career as a director, and Tim shares his increasingly difficult experiences funding his independent films. Towards the end, we discuss his recent role as the star of his son’s feature debut, ASLEEP IN MY PALM, and we ask Tim about his recent novel, CITY OF BLOWS, and learn how the story was inspired by Tim’s real experiences in Hollywood during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast, a collection of
0:08.8	informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us,
0:16.0	so listen in and see where it goes.
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0:57.0	Today we're speaking with an actor, playwright, and director.
1:03.0	His credits are many and include the ballot of Buster Scruggs,
1:07.0	Old Henry, and oh brother, where art thou?
1:10.0	We're pleased to welcome Tim Blake Nelson. Tim, thank you for doing this.
1:14.0	It is my absolute pleasure. We'd love to start with our normal question which is,
1:19.9	how did you get to where you are today? Is this something you always knew you wanted to do?
1:24.6	I happen to know you studied classics.
1:26.7	I also did, never planning to do anything with it,
1:30.1	but what was your path?
1:32.3	Well, in terms of the classics, I was going to do something with it.
1:38.0	I was possibly going to teach, which is the most direct result of studying the classics that there can be and probably
1:47.8	the most useful result, at least as it directly relates to the material itself.
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