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Driver & Baumbach, Together Again
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Episode 20353
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Driver & Baumbach, Together Again

Actor Adam Driver and writer/director Noah Baumbach reunite for the fourth time for "Marriage Story"; composer Gabriela Ortiz's latest commission for the L.A. Philharmonic.

Director Noah Baumbach and actor Adam Driver, see here on the set of "While We're Young," have collaborated for the fourth time with "Marriage Story."
Director Noah Baumbach and actor Adam Driver, see here on the set of "While We're Young," have collaborated for the fourth time with "Marriage Story."
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On today's show:

A Director's Leading Man

(Starts at :45)

John Horn spoke with Adam Driver, the co-star of "Marriage Story," at the Telluride Film Festival about his ongoing collaboration with writer/director Noah Baumbach. And John spoke with Baumbach at the Middleburg Film Festival about how he wrote the script based on conversations with friends about marriage and divorce.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHi-a1n8t7M

AN ORCHESTRAL TAKE ON SLAVERY IN MEXICO

(Starts at 20:10)

The Los Angeles Philharmonic recently premiered “Yanga”, a new work by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz. The piece was inspired by a slave and abolitionist from the late 1500s in colonial Mexico. The Frame contributor Betto Arcos has the story on Ortiz's history with the orchestra, which now includes four commissions.