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The actor explains what makes DEFENDING YOUR LIFE a master class in writing and directing, shares how SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE exposed him to a new world of cinema, and talks about David Lynch and Kyle MacLachlan’s extraordinary collaborations.

Adam’s Picks:
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (Albert Brooks, 1991)
THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese, 2019)
SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (Steven Soderbergh, 1989)
DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee, 1989)
THE BIG CHILL (Lawrence Kasdan, 1983)
BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, 1986)
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Howard Hawks, 1940)
THE WAR ROOM (Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker, 1993)*
THE BEFORE TRILOGY (Richard Linklater)
THE WES ANDERSON ARCHIVE: TEN FILMS, TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)

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