10 Interviews With Film Directors (pt. 1)

  I'm a bit of an interview junkie - if it's with a filmmaker that I admire, I'll probably watch it.  As an aspiring film director myself, hearing the thought processes of other directors is always helpful.  Here are 10 interviews and press conferences that I enjoy and have taken some knowledge from to apply to my own work.

1.  Abbas Kiarostami - Masterclass Q&A session at the 2010 Estoril Film Festival for his film Certified Copy as well as the current path of his filmmaking career.
http://vimeo.com/16654030

2.  Pedro Almodóvar - Forum at the NYFF '11 concerning his film The Skin I Live In.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsLKUuzEy9E

3.  Nicolas Winding Refn - DP/30 interview with Refn on the topic of the entire production of his 2011 film Drive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vv0E_-Fi5g

4.  Jean-Luc Godard - The Dick Cavett Show in 1980 in which Cavett discusses cinema with Godard and discusses his (then) new film Every Man For Himself.
Part 1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93HCeGy6vzk
Part 2  Sadly, part 2 was removed by the owner.
Part 3  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAsUE1qNgMs 
Part 4,5,6  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBFRZ-PLL-s

5.  Martin Scorsese - An interview from 1993 on The Charlie Rose Show with Rose and Scorsese discussing Fellini's influence on Scorsese's work and cinema in general.
Part 1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNpgW0PWrM
Part 2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pIpd72ix_E

6.  Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach - A 90 minute discussion between Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach at the New York Public Library (NYPL) in 2009 in promotion of their film Fantastic Mr. Fox [the conversation begins at the 2:30 mark].
http://fora.tv/2009/11/09/Fantastic_Mr_Fox_Wes_Anderson_at_the_NYPL

7.  John Cassavetes (and company) - A brief conversation about his film Opening Night (1978) that gradually escalates into an indictment of the modern TV era and the landscape of the American movie-going world.  It's wonderful to see Cassavete's passion for his own unique work and praise for his cast members/actors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePptcNqXRJA

8.  Whit Stillman - An intensive interview conducted by The Seventh Art in 2012 with Whit Stillman as they go through his filmography and discuss the origins of his work.  [For more of their interviews with filmmakers, you can check out The Seventh Art at: http://www.theseventhart.org/main/]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-mNoo5fOgo

9.  The Coen Brothers and Noah Baumbach - This is a pretty cool interview conducted by Noah Baumbach with The Coen Brothers at a Film Society .  It's nice to hear a filmmaker interview another filmmaker(s).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SddzdN4HQE

10.  Lars von Trier - This interview concerns the formation of Lars von Trier's Europe Trilogy (The Element of Crime, Epidemic, and Europa).  [Be sure to turn on the English subtitles on Youtube for this interview (as it is in Danish) by selecting the "cc" button.]
Part 1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVUnZjnqzvg
Part 2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt61P-xyQeI
Part 3  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSC60PuF-14

Sources: 
http://www.leffest.com/en
http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2012
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJa04c1KoMuti02B5Ji38kQ
http://www.charlierose.com
http://www.theseventhart.org/main/
http://fora.tv