Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
This week on On Story, Clint Bentley will talk to us about his work writing and directing Train Dreams.
Train Dreams recounts the life of Robert Granier, an early 20th century logger and railway construction worker played by Joel Edgerton. Granier works in seasons, and his work keeps him separated from his family for months at a time. Throughout the story, Granier is haunted by the violence he’s witnessed in the course of his work, and he spends his life searching for meaning in the face of a world that seems to destroy and reconstruct itself around him at breakneck speed. Clint Bentley, and his writing partner Greg Kwedar, adapted the script from Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella of the same name.
Clips of Train Dreams courtesy of BBP Train Dreams, LLC
This week on On Story, Clint Bentley will talk to us about his work writing and directing Train Dreams.
Train Dreams recounts the life of Robert Granier, an early 20th century logger and railway construction worker played by Joel Edgerton. Granier works in seasons, and his work keeps him separated from his family for months at a time. Throughout the story, Granier is haunted by the violence he’s witnessed in the course of his work, and he spends his life searching for meaning in the face of a world that seems to destroy and reconstruct itself around him at breakneck speed. Clint Bentley, and his writing partner Greg Kwedar, adapted the script from Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella of the same name.
Clips of Train Dreams courtesy of BBP Train Dreams, LLC
