Alexander Payne talks THE HOLDOVERS, ELECTION sequel I Happy Sad Confused

Alexander Payne knows no movie is finished until the audience sees it in a theater. And he's been entertaining audiences now for 25+ years with films like ELECTION, SIDEWAYS, ABOUT SCHMIDT, THE DESCENDANTS, and now THE HOLDOVERS. He chats about it all with Josh on his first appearance on the podcast. #happysadconfused #joshhorowitz #alexanderpayne #theholdovers

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00:00 Introduction
01:25 Box office success
06:13 Films for audiences
07:40 THE HOLDOVERS
15:25 Seeing movies as a child
16:19 His mother
17:28 CITIZEN RUTH & ELECTION
19:49 Starting out
21:54 Working with actors
25:13 70s actors
28:02 Jack Nicholson
36:29 Voiceover
37:35 ELECTION sequel
41:36 Gene Hackman
42:25 Kristen Stewart & Brie Larson
46:21 Lessons from DOWNSIZING?