Director Lee Isaac Chung (Minari, Twisters) and executive producer Ashley Jay Sandberg (Twisters, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart) discuss working together to balance science and storytelling with their latest film, Twisters. They share stories from the set, including real-life challenges from Mother Nature. The filmmakers and the Lighter Darker hosts chat about films that inspired them to choose their career paths and some roadblocks they faced along the way.
Chapter Markers
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:02:12] Questions from the mailbag
[00:10:42] Rejection letters
[00:19:44] Film foundations
[00:28:20] The quiet power of nature
[00:45:30] Final question
[00:48:24] The martini
[00:53:50] Outro
Episode Links
Ashley Jay Sandberg - IMDb
Lee Isaac Chung - IMDb
Twisters
The Abyss (1989) - IMDb
Back to the Future (1985) - IMDb
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - IMDb
Kar-Wai Wong - IMDb
The Wizard of Oz (1939) - IMDb
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - IMDb
Phil Tippett on the set of The Empire Strikes Back
Ben Snow - IMDb
ILM VFX Supervisor Ben Snow on the set of Twisters
Florian Witzel - IMDb
The Martini
Rob - The Greatest Night in Pop (2024) - IMDb
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Transcript: https://www.ilm.com/transcripts/s1e004-twisters-with-lee-isaac-chung-and-ashley-jay-sandberg/
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