Our guest, the delightful, intelligent, and intrepid Australian actor, writer, and producer Zac Garred picked the 1997 film “Boogie Nights”, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring too many talented people to list here - seriously the cast list is insane. Zac is one of Devin’s favorite humans, being her Australian brother from another mother. We look at Julianne Moore’s role as Amber Waves, the matriarchal figure of the odd family of the characters in “Boogie Nights,” and happened to record this episode in the film's 25th anniversary year of 2022! The breadth of our conversation is vast, talking about “The Matrix” to “Ace Ventura" and our own love of filmmaking, to Aussie slang and other cross-cultural experiences growing up in the US versus Australia. Zac, being a history major at university, brings his own women in film fact to the table - the Australian trailblazing powerhouse Annette Kellerman, and we also learn about Erika Lust and Jacky St James who are feminist filmmakers in the porn industry today and how they’re changing the game, as well as the first Chinese-American film star Anna May Wong. You can find Zac in a Netflix queue near you, starring in the action packed Australian sci-fi films Occupation and Occupation Rainfall, as well as many more projects to come this year - check out his newest film trailer “Bring Him to Me” with none other than Jurassic Park's Sam Neill! Some may recognize him from his villainous work on General Hospital as well. Check out his IMDb and find him on social media @zacgarred on Instagram and @ZJGarred on whatever they’re calling Twitter these days.
(0:00) Introduction
(07:52) Ice Breakers
(22:13) Women in Film History
(49:06) Boogie Nights Talk
