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Listeners who remember our The Place Beyond the Pines<\/em> episode will remember that this is a highly pro-Derek Cianfrance podcast. As his latest Roofman<\/em> makes its TIFF world premiere, we’re looking back at his most recent theatrical release, 2016’s literary adaptation The Light Between Oceans<\/em>. The film starred Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender as a post-WWI couple whose isolated life caring for an Australian lighthouse is upended when a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man and a crying baby. This melodrama about trauma, responsibility, and the ties that bind was once hotly anticipated before becoming a quickly forgotten Labor Day release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This episode, we talk about how the final days of Dreamworks’ Disney deal led to its underwhelming release and our anticipation for Roofman<\/em>. We also discuss Vikander’s Oscar win the previous year, Fassbender becoming overexposed as a leading man, and Rachel Weisz’s emotional turn as the mother of the stranded baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Topics also include the 2016 Venice Film Festival, Atonement<\/em> as a comparison to the film, and Touchstone Pictures!<\/p>\n