4.38-Author Interview with Suzanne Ferriss

In today's episode, Suzanne Ferriss, author of the new book, Greta Gerwig: Filmmaker makes a return to the podcast following her first appearance almost three years ago.

Listen to hear about the central theme of fashion and how the word "fashion" can come to have multiple meanings, why Gerwig (and other female directors) are more often recognized as writers than directors, and Gerwig's preference to be referred to as a "realizer" of films and the collaboration inherent in that term.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• Greta Gerwig: Filmmaker by Suzanne Ferriss
• The Antidote by Karen Russell
• When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines by Grayden Carter
• The Big Goodbye by Sam Wasson

Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:

• Lost in Translation directed by Sofia Coppola
• Little Women directed by Greta Gerwig
• Lady Bird directed by Greta Gerwig
• Barbie directed by Greta Gerwig
• Narnia: The Magician's Nephew directed by Greta Gerwig (forthcoming on Netflix)
• Father Mother Sister Brother directed by Jim Jarmusch
• Blue Moon directed by Richard Linklater
• One Battle After Another directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
• Nouvelle Vague directed by Richard Linklater
• Somewhere directed by Sofia Coppola
• Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick
• The Grand Budapest Hotel directed by Wes Anderson

You can follow Suzanne on Instagram @suzanneferriss and visit her website at suzanneferriss.com.