In the ultimate film nerd conversation, Oscar winner for Screenplay & Director Sean Baker ("Anora") and Brady Corbet ("The Brutalist") discuss how hard it is for young directors to break into the industry these days, why run-time shouldn't be a concern of distributors, how Sean casts for his films by walking up to people in public, their respective experiences meeting Lars von Trier, and Brady shooting on Vistavision. Variety Directors on Directors presented by "Nickel Boys" Subscribe to Variety on YouTube: http://bit.ly/VarietySubscribe Connect: http://www.facebook.com/variety http://www.instagram.com/variety http://www.twitter.com/variety

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