117: The North Water

Nov 24, 2021

This episode focuses on site favourite Andrew Haigh's newest project, The North Water, starring Jack O'Connell and Colin Farrell. We discuss how this on-the-surface unusual work fits into Haigh's thematic interests. This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and special guest Fiona Underhill. It also features an excerpt from Alex's interview with Andrew Haigh.

On This Episode:

• Intro (1:05)
• Why did Andrew Haigh do this series? (16:42)
• Andrew Haigh on upending expectations in his work (28:11)
• Who is the real evil? Drax, Cavendish, and Baxter (35:01)
• What does it mean to be civilized (45:12)
• Sumner and Drax as mirrors (51:51)
• The episodic structure (1:00:03)
• The Inuit characters (1:20:01)
• The lack of promotion for the series (1:27:27)
• Conclusion (1:32:55)

Show Notes:

• Visit our Directors We Love page on Andrew Haigh, collecting all of our articles and podcasts about his film and television work
• Check out MovieJawn magazine for Fiona's article on The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, starring a young Tom Courtenay
• Purchase our ebook on Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete
• Purchase our ebook on Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir

Related episodes

• Ep. 110: Brief encounters: Weekend and End of the Century
• Ep. 94: Looking
• Ep. 91: AIDS on screen, featuring It’s a Sin
• Ep. 69: Paddington and Paddington 2
• Ep. 53: Boys State and First Stripes
• Ep. 32: Sorry We Missed You and Peterloo
• Ep. 7: Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete

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