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American Animals: Bart Layton’s New Breed of True Crime
American Animals: Bart Layton’s New Breed of True Crime
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
May 29, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
In 2012, Bart Layton made his directorial debut with The Imposter — an ambitious true crime story that mixes documentary and narrative filmmaking. His latest movie further blurs the lines between fiction and reality: American Animals depicts a 2004 book heist by interspersing interviews with real people and the fictionalized version of the events. “I found myself thinking maybe there’s a new way to tell a true story,” Bart Layton tells Kurt Andersen. “Where you kind of get to have your cake and eat it.” Layton breaks down how he made one of the inventive, meta moments of the film, and discusses the possible motivations behind the senseless crime. “We’re all inhabiting a culture where we’re told that we have to be special,” he says. “It came from a place of wanting to leave a mark on the world.” American Animals opens in theaters on June 1, 2018.This podcast was produced by Studio 360's Sam Kim.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
May 29, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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