Willem Dafoe, Paul Schrader, and David Crosby

3rd November 2016

This week, Jesse sits down with director and star of Dog Eat Dog, Paul Schrader and Willem Dafoe. They discuss Schrader’s childhood and what lead him to write his classic Taxi Driver and Dafoe’s acting style.
Later, Jesse talks to David Crosby, of Crosby, Still & Nash and The Byrds. He’s out with a new album called Lighthouse. They talk about his time playing in those bands and his recovery from drug abuse.
Finally, for this week’s Outshot, Jesse recommends Ray Baretto’s album Acid.

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Paul Schrader – Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer /Getty Images


Willem Dafoe – Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

Paul Schrader and Willem Dafoe talk their new film Dog Eat Dog, Schrader’s childhood, and Dafoe’s acting ethos

Growing up in the Calvinist church, Paul Schrader didn’t see a movie until his late teens. Since then, he has more than made up for it, writing, producing, and directing influential films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Affliction.
Willem Dafoe, having worked on 7 films in the past with Schrader, trusts his film-making style and sensibility. Dafoe’s Hollywood breakout role was in the 1985 film To Live and Die in L.A., and has starred in many other beloved films such as Platoon and the Last Temptation of Christ.
This week, Schader and Dafoe sit down with Jesse to discuss their new film, Dog Eat Dog. They discuss Schrader’s childhood, his earlier screenplay and directorial premieres and Dafoe school’s Jessie on acting and how he gets into character when portraying psychotic characters.


Photo: Jason Merrit/Getty Images

David Crosby on The Byrds, CSN, his recovery from drugs, and his new album Lighthouse

Thirty years ago, David Crosby was one of the biggest rock stars in the world, being a part of two game changing and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Byrds. Decades after his depart from playing with bands, he continues to play music on his own.
In conversation with Jesse, David discusses his transition into music, his addiction and recovery from drugs, and his latest album Lighthouse.

The Outshot: Ray Baretto’s Acid

This week, Jesse recommends Ray Barretto’s inaugural album Acid as an album that had much ambition and achieved so much at a time when the music on it was still new to the American aural palette.

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  • Willem Dafoe
  • Paul Schrader
  • David Crosby

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