#561 - Barry Sonnenfeld on BEST POSSIBLE PLACE, WORST POSSIBLE TIME (Part 1)
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#561 - Barry Sonnenfeld on BEST POSSIBLE PLACE, WORST POSSIBLE TIME (Part 1)

2025-12-29

Filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld joins Trey Elling for the first- of a two-part chat on his book, BEST POSSIBLE PLACE, WORST POSSIBLE TIME: TRUE STORIES FROM A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD. Topics include:

  • Writing a second memoir (0:00)
  • Shooting BLOOD SIMPLE in Austin (2:45)
  • The unique look of RAISING ARIZONA (10:25)
  • De Nero instead of Hanks in BIG? (14:07)
  • Making Tommy Lee Jones funny in MEN IN BLACK (17:25)
  • Making Gene Hackman funny in GET SHORTY (20:06)
  • The greatness of Dennis Farina (27:35)
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