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Whit Stillman Returns; SAG-AFTRA Merge

Indie filmmaker Whit Stillman returns. Plus, SAG and AFTRA merge -- so now what?

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By Kim Masters • Apr 9, 2012 • 30m Listen

Filmmaker Whit Stillman has his first movie since Last Days of Disco in 1998. Now he's back with Damsels in Distress, starring Greta Gerwig. Stillman talks about the need to make his movies on a low budget and reflects on how, for him, money is the enemy of film work. Plus, we get the skinny on the merger between SAG and AFTRA. The now-united union is the largest labor organization in the business. So what's next?

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