Laid back discussion between two Vancouver old friends, Tom Braidwood (1st assistant director behind the camera and actor as Frohike) and Stephen Miller (small roles in TXF episodes and in the second movie, and AD McClaren in Millennium).
Bits about nice memories with The X-Files and The Lone Gunmen and getting cast thanks to director Billy Graham at minutes 18-29, plus anecdotes about filming in rainy forests (not sure which episode) and difficulties with Rob Bowman directing Dod Kalm (and in praise of Chris Carter) minutes 37-45.
An interview with director David Nutter – who will be given a lifetime achievement award by the Directors Guild of America soon – along with some tough and sad personal news Parkinson’s, wife passed away). Some The X-Files-related bits:
What’s the best pilot you ever made?
[…] I also loved Fox’s Millennium pilot with Chris Carter.
You directed 15 episodes of The X-Files. Which are you most proud of?
“Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.” That was a funny episode.
What’s an episode you improved the most from what you were given on the page?
Another X-Files episode. The first one I directed, “Ice” [season one, episode eight].
“Ice” was the first one that hooked me as a viewer, it had a lot of atmosphere to it.
[Creator] Chris Carter said it was the first “real” episode of the show and that he wanted to model the rest of the series after it.
Now there’s [Game of Thrones] spin-off ideas in the works. Would you ever want to direct on those?
No. It’s like when Warners president Peter Roth wanted me to direct Fringe and I was like, “This is a copy of X-Files.” It would be difficult to do something in that world unless the same people were involved.
Listen to these two podcasts featuring Julie Ng, an alumnus of Glen Morgan’s and the producer of all the behind the scenes content for the two revival seasons — lots of great little info on the making of the fan-favourite and light-hearted “This”. Confirmation that plenty of dirty and kinky lines were ad-libs on the spot by the two lead actors, which reinforces the impression that in this episode we are seeing more Duchovny & Anderson rather than Mulder & Scully per se. I didn’t know the Ramones’ “California Sun” was a cover — another R&B classic stolen by a rock band!
[FRENCH] The X-Files podcast, suite. Les désaccords commencent ! La saison 6 c’est la saison du renouveau créatif et de la rupture avec le format sombre et investigation des saisons classiques. Donc on peu aimer ou pas.
