Скачать или смотреть EP039: The Manhole Covers Of Park City W/ Sam Green

We are excited to catch Sam Green—despite freezing our asses off on Main Street—hours after the world premiere of THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD. What starts as a conversation about chasing Guinness World Records quickly becomes something bigger: how curiosity transforms into meaning.

Sam walks us through ten years of filming, cancer scares, fatherhood, and the realization that 116-year-olds don't give a fuck about pearls of wisdom—like Keith, they just want snacks and naps. Sam is an inspiration, driven by endless curiosity and the urge to overcome his own inner shy-kid, he shares the impetus to innovate docmaking with ‘live cinema’ and we witness his obsession with manhole covers (yes, really). Sam pulls back the curtains on his years-long cutting process with OLDEST PERSON editor Aaron Wickenden—they cut for 1-month a year for ten years! This walk is full of positivity, creativity, and a lot of laughs.

Plus: a stop & chat with Oscar-winning producer, Dan Cogan, why SALESMAN changed everything, and insight into Sam's new alter ego as a Venice futbol fanatic: Samuel Verde.

It's the end of an era at Sundance, but Sam reminds us why we fell in love with this art form in the first place.

Discussion links:
THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2026) | THE RAINBOW MAN/JOHN 3:16 (1997) | THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND (2002) | 32 SOUNDS (2022) | SALESMAN (1969) | SANS SOLEIL (1983)

Timestamps:
00:00 Main Street at Sundance—14 Degrees
01:05 Meeting Sam During Covid Austin
02:42 The Oldest Person in the World—The Film That Changed
04:13 When Centenarians Just Want Snacks
07:41 The Manhole Cover Obsession
11:17 From Rainbow Man to Sundance 1997
15:28 The Weather Underground & Paul Thomas Anderson
19:56 Editing Over Ten Years with Aaron
25:32 The Live Documentary Revolution
29:13 Performing Arts Saved My Career
34:24 Advice: Keep It Small, Keep It Fun
41:39 Barbara Kopple on Watching Your Own Films
45:01 Gateway Drug: Salesman & Sans Soleil
48:25 Samuel the Venice Soccer Fan
49:26 The End of an Era at Sundance

YouTube Tags:
Sam Green, The Oldest Person in the World, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, live documentary, documentary filmmaking, The Weather Underground, The Rainbow Man, 32 sounds, Salesman, Sans Soleil, Erin Casper, Dan Cogan, centenarians, Guinness World Records, performing arts, Barbara Kopple, Venice soccer, Austin FC, festival filmmaking, experimental documentary, Doc Walks