Tom Hanks talks cinema, streaming services & working with Steven Spielberg vs Nora Ephron

Oscar winning actor, filmmaker & author Tom Hanks talks about his novel The Making of Major Motion Picture Masterpiece and how Nora Ephron liked to rehearse a movie like a play whereas Steven Spielberg never rehearses and Bob Zemeckis had no idea if Forrest Gump would be a hit.
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[@skintslots]

Tom is unbelievably charismatic and I imagine his actors love working with him and for him.

[@garthdebruyn7195]

Listening to Tom Hanks made me think that if I could choose 10 close friends, that pushed me to think more about life, Tom Hanks would be one of the 10. I see him as both a profound thinker and humble.

[@ozzie5762]

Can we not wait til this guy is dead to acknowledge how much joy and happiness he has brought to all of our lives along the years. Thanks Tom Hanks for all the laughs, tears and all the range of emotions you have made us feel! You sir are a national treasure! I want to thanks him from the bottom of my heart! I don’t have any social media so I can’t post it straight to his account so if someone can copy and paste to his Facebook or whatever other social media he uses I would be very grateful! Thanks again!

[@joeking4206]

Tom Hanks deserved a better interviewer. She had no idea how to challenge him or know anything about his enormous body of work.

[@simonkeating500]

So infuriating I agree.

[@histarchus]

She is a student, learning the ropes. That is what a university is all about.

[@rembo183]

She could just ask him to describe and describe his body of work . His knowledge and experience is what’s important not hers? An interviewer needs to ask open ended questions not leading ones. Than he can inform, explain and describe his experience. He can be the story teller and we all listen to him! Not her!

[@danielkantor3248]

Cut the student some slack. This experience for her is what shapes greatness down the road.

[@TraitofSiNN727]

Tom Hanks spark his fame since I was a kid in the 80s. the man is a genius that can play comical and turn serious.

[@Adam-oy4ix]

Watching this, I am reminded of how bloody old I am. Seems like yesterday I was watching 'Turner and Hootch', 'Big', 'Sleepless in Seattle', 'Bachelor Party etc

[@scottburns2600]

Funny enough, one of my favorites with Hanks was a flick called The Burbs. A cult classic

[@freemagicfun]

I really liked his comparison of movie theater experience v streaming experience. The art will survive, the business model will change. 😎

[@daveclark8337]

It's also the quality has dropped. Go back 30 years and Shawshank Redemption is #95 at the box office. It got overlooked Because there was 50 other good movies released that year (including Forrest Gump and Philadelphia). Nowadays months will go by without one decent movie being released.

[@Yourmission9]

Tom Hanks is my favorite actor, and Forrest Gump is my favorite film. That’s the one film I can watch over and over and never get bored of

[@RDSports5]

He is my favorite actor as well, and Forrest Gump is a top 3 film for me

[@christanzer]

the film director is the viewer of the film, that the film makes it, and the actor has to follow, for the story to see or watch the film !! Great interview !! thanks

[@clarkparker4860]

Fantastic guest. I love how he answers questions so humorful and intricately.

[@paulkick7870]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@oscarkong3200]

Beloved Tom is insanely talkative, like Forrest Gump starting to talk at the Bus Stop, he automatically narrates everything to you,.

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

I had a nice time watching this Interview :)

[@agrimstad1962]

This is the best entertainment I have seen for some time ! Real quality !and Tom Hanks is excellent !

[@Angels-3xist]

My interpretation of refusing to say a line even when you knew it was in the script is people can sometimes change their definition of a character as they progress through the piece, but if you know the line was in the script and you can hold space for both your developing interpretation and the interpretations that caused the lines to be written you not only have a broader interpretation of the character but a broader ability to merge interpretations with understanding, communication and expression. Even if someone was right when they thought they really knew better than the director or the writer due to how their interpretation of the piece is developing if they wanted people to agree they would have to communicate the reasoning which would be best done well before it gets in the way, not in the exact moment it would cause a problem

[@3ertin]

Tom Hanks was great in Punchline (1988)

[@MichaelLasotaTW]

Also, is his hearing fading or was it the quality of sound in the room for him to not be able to hear?

[@kylehuntmaui]

Whoever photographed and edited the thumbnail hates Tom Hanks.

[@ThePwig]

Damn he is such a great fantastic interview. He loves the audience and likes to engage with them

[@noam65]

It's a funny thing. This aspect is true across all fields of human endeavor, including fields of employment. It can be summed up this way: Who you know can get you in the door, sometimes, but what you know decides whether you stay, and how central your role.

[@johnwilliamson4118]

So interesting to listen to. No wonder he is at the top of his profession.

[@neerajbali7]

One of the all-time greats!

[@shankarbalakrishnan2360]

Do what you need to do and be kind to the ones who can't help themselves❤❤🎉🎉

[@tobiogunyemi7631]

The second film he references at the start is actually titled The Bad and the Beautiful actually, from 1952. But I digress, always good to hear Hanks speak

[@lao5610]

Love Tom talking long form. Only way you get to know an individual. That’s why I watch the Union.

[@DrOpera]

what boot/shoe brand is Hanks wearing?

[@stevenholquin2127]

This is Exactly True You Might Get a Break Yet There is No Training Period You Ether Know You’re Craft or You Don’t There is Just Too Much Money involved in Movie 🎥 Making and No Matter Who You Know That Is Not Good Enough The Motion Picture and Television Industry Want You If You Are in Production and You Are Good At What You Do They Want You If You Are In Construction If You Are Good They Want You Yet You Will Be Found Out In Less Than 1/2 a Hour If You are Not Good At What Ever You Do or Claim You Do This Business Will Bounce You….!

[@heidischubert9835]

Thank you Tom Hanks! This was a wonderful insight into acting! And the movie business!

[@mgunny05]

THIS guy, Tom Hanks just comes across as an actor/person….a straight honest shooter AND he should have got the Oscar as Captain. Ryan….👏👏👏🍺🍺🍺

[@Digmen1]

Ive always liked Tom Hanks - he is all class

[@leonie563]

Favs You've Got Mail and Polar Express. Now I just want to watch Hail Caesar again!

[@MichaelLasotaTW]

How did Tom get into the business?

[@adrianturley4573]

The host should have asked Tom if film makers really want to make “really good shit” and know they need to produce great content why do large studios like Disney or Lucasfilm keep making films and shows the audience largely reject and consider bad content.

[@InnerPartyMember]

My grandmothers boyfriend went to Oxford and a lot of time I don't understand what he is even saying......His vocab is amazing..

[@dogbreath6974]

The main issue with going to the cinema for me, is people munching on food or slurping drinks, or checking their phone, very annoying, I don't pay good money to listen or see that crap. So I wait for the Blu-ray or streaming service to watch. I'm lucky that I have a projector which means I don't miss out on screen size, also I can pause anytime for a bathroom break.

[@williamshakespears9594]

Its funny he mentions the pentagon and the three dart finish but doesn’t put the Script together

[@sosaabascal7432]

lol yep 🎉

[@doctaignorantia707]

Yes I noticed that he lacks lateral thinking

[@briansmith4520]

Very good 👍

[@igungfarben9612]

Cognitive dissonance or maybe he doesn’t read substack enough

[@igungfarben9612]

One word “countermeasure19”

[@PercivalFakeman]

Didn’t streaming services restrict their movies away from screens? Greyhound as an example. A great movie but very difficult to access unless you were willing to join the Apple stream.

[@Benjamin-ns8ct]

Genius

[@lmenascojr]

So much like my brother!

[@WalterFrith]

I disagree with Hanks completely when he mentions the guy who says "They don't make great movies anymore. There are no Godfathers etc." and Hanks disagrees and says that there are. No, there aren't. To me, the greatest decades for film in my life have been the 70's and the 90's. The Oscar winner for best picture during the first four years of the 70's were 'Patton', 'The French Connection', 'The Godfather' and 'The Sting'. The first four years of the 90s gave us best picture Oscar winners 'Dances with Wolves', 'The Silence of the Lambs', 'Unforgiven' and 'Schindler's List'. Do you know what the last four years of the 2020's have given us for best picture? 'Nomadland', 'Coda' (GAG...an updated version of the ABC Afterschool Special series from the 70's), 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and 'Oppenheimer'. Only 'Oppenheimer' can rival the 70's and 90's best picture Oscar winners. So, the motion picture Academy bestows its praises on films every year peer to peer. It's a credible process because people like Hanks and thousands of others in the industry are Academy voting members. If anyone thinks the films so far in the 2020's that have won best picture are as good as the ones from the 70's and 90's, historians would like to tell you that what is being made today is more CONTENT than it is CINEMATIC BRILLAINCE.

[@kevinn1158]

I worked in camera for almost 25 yrs in the film industry, and now I can hardly watch any movie in it's entirity. Most of it is so formulaic and predictable my head drifts almost immediately. And, or I just don't care about the characters being portrayed.

[@pradeeprai5068]

REAL MAN 😃 LOVE HIS MOVIE

[@daveclark8337]

7:04 "Hey, I resemble that comment!"- Sofia Coppola

[@justanothercreator7273]

The trouble with the movie theatres comes down to money. Young people have none, so they’d rather wait till it streams. So it really is upto the older gen to keep the movies relevant

[@of1300]

7:26 - in Germany that‘s different

[@PigeonPair]

I enjoyed that, and being in exhibition I found his opinions on cinema v streaming particularly interesting, but the interviewer was terrible.

[@noam65]

I think Mr Hanks was mistaken. There are very few really good original films made, in modern times, not as many as in the past. The economics used to be that films were a cheap source of entertainment, in terms of public access to them. With a theater seat costing upwards of $20, the majority of the population, who used to be middle class, who are now working poor, no longer can afford a night out like that, a few times a month. Plain old TV, be it broadcast, cable, or satellite and possibly streaming services are what most can afford. This means that spending the cost of a meal on a single motion picture experience means it it had better be worth it, to generate enthusiasm to continue repeating that expense. This puts pressure on industry investors to churn out remakes of earlier successful films, instead of chancing innovation of new stories, because of the risk of a loss. AI has the potential of destroying the film industry, as we have known it. People can soon be able to create their own films at home, or even have AI do it for them. So a motion picture experience is under even more pressure to deliver. No, the industry is going to have to find ways of becoming a more personal experience across the board. To me, this might mean opening up the guilds for regular personal interaction with the public at dinners, and auditoriums. Aside from rubbing elbows with the famous, hearing old stories, learning techniques we might apply to our own amateur efforts as hobbies, this is a possible future area of new growth for the industry at large, including actors, set design, lighting design, cinematography, sound, carpentry, costumers, literally every single group that contributed to the process can develop this engagement with fans and enthusiasts. We, as a civilization must learn to become community, again, in new ways. This will keep the industry alive, if it goes into the business of organizing these events.

[@garyianbritton]

Who is the interviewer?

[@Wherethereisnodarkness]

Who is isaac kappy?

[@eastendthug]

Did anyone ask him about Isaac Kappy?

[@daveinstlouis]

eastendthug will post links from legitimate and credible sources that back up his claim. Oh, that's right. He won't ...because he can't.

[@Wherethereisnodarkness]

It wasn't a claim. It was a question. ​@@daveinstlouis

[@Bokooda]

🙏🏽

[@shankarbalakrishnan2360]

Ok tom took tak tik too haha❤❤🎉🎉

[@valboolin3538]

бег за лошадью, в каком нибудь старом вестерне, это комедийный пик всех фильмов, которые смотрят в выходной

[@johndoderino2609]

What is it about Hanks (of all people!) that attracts all these weirdos in all the comments section? What started it?

[@Wherethereisnodarkness]

Look up Isaac Kappy

[@johndoderino2609]

@Wherethereisnodarkness some Qanon nut who killed himself? That's the smoking gun here? Gonna need a bit more than that lol

[@TheFadesign]

You put a machine asking those questions and it will have more soul than these students. Please, spice it up! be human.

[@GiuseppeCivitella-go5ih]

Come a long way from Splash

[@elissaartist9016]

I am Eleven

[@Digmen1]

Forest Gump and Band of Brothers

[@PharaoahMonk]

Gotta aknowledge the fact that most of us randomers mortals will never get face to face with Tom or ask him any questions and listen him talk but these spoiled little entitled high class brats have it going on since birth. I guess the revolution has yet to happen in Amerikkk.

[@unclestephen2722]

Impressed with his weight loss.

[@droL_si_suseJ]

Tom and your ilk, you could have some so much good for society and people-you missed it.

[@davetuttle1105]

Madam, please put the microphone closer to your voice hole. Thank you.

[@laviniasmith5265]

After seeing a professional interview then reading this, you’ve missed the opportunity to grow. How about saying ‘ as an opportunity to the interviewer, it would be helpful to place the microphone closer to your voice for others to hear better. Thank you’

[@eamo106]

I saw Napoleon at a Cinema, one of 100 movies worth watching at a Cinema. , Major Movies will ALWAYS be worth watching . Harry Potter, Ltd of the Rings, Saving Private Ryan... BIG MOVIE Blockbusters and other good movies, the problem Tom is most movies are meh ! Even Oppenheimer was on Netflix streaming , Killing the Cinemas.

[@laviniasmith5265]

I didn’t enjoy any of those movies you listed as those didn’t relate to me. I like profound thinking movies and ones that take me on an emotional journey. I’ve found later on in increased years of age, the movies I thought nothing of Ive related to or enjoyed. Depends of what you’re going through, what you’ve experienced and where you are or what your searching for in your time of life depends on if you like the movie or not. Game of thrones I could not see the appeal to it at that time of my life but finally watched it last year and could immerse myself in it. Probably because life was less stressful. Each person is different.

[@joependleton6293]

Tom your a diamond geezer, with so many facets in the rolls you've chosen. Good show.

[@Wherethereisnodarkness]

Why is chet hanks the way he is?

[@adamlaw4428]

That is not a good thumbnail pic

[@stephenwilliams9923]

Loved the interview, and agreed with most of what he said, BUT!, I disagree about good movies like the Godfather are still being made. Movies suck now, thats the real reason streaming services have such a high rate of abandonment that he spoke of.

[@christophermckenna-kd8hj]

Tom shouts a bit too much :). His assertion that who you know has nothing to do with it may hold in some circumstances but it doesn't hurt! :)

[@laviniasmith5265]

This is how people of that age speak and my age speak. With assertion and not the quiet ‘timid’ talk of 20 -24 year old these days. Don’t be reduced in your confidence because we portray confidence.

[@kadiummusic]

Shame she can't talk very well, we don't seem to care about diction and how we present ourselves anymore. Tom must be desperate to mimic her. 🙁

[@Paul_C]

Somehow it are aways the 'stars', not the normal people, that make the movie. Over valued, over paid, just doing a job.

[@scalesolutions1024]

this " president" is not doing a good job as a host and organizer of the event.

[@neillouwrens630]

Tom, visit me in RED BLUFF. We'll take care of that allergy or upper respiratory ailment! Unless of course, this be the most perfectly dramatized common human affliction ever. Pray tell?

[@tam653m]

I love Mr. Hanks, but to tell people no one gets to be in a movie because of who they know is just flat disingenuous. It's actually the norm, not the exception. Completely blown away that he said that. And, yes, even TERRIBLE actors.

[@valboolin3538]

Да , он любого человека может отсканировать хоть американца , или из другой страны и повторить на камеру

[@castelodeossos3947]

Sounds like a primary-school pupil interviewing the school janitor: 'I think that's really interesting, I think that's some really interesting point [sic.] about how much you can plan for when you make a film, and how many other variables are' (6:37)... 'Thank you, that's really interesting' (13:24). This is a top student at one of the top universities in the world, who represents not only her university but also the world famous debating society she's the president of.

[@raquelferreira6331]

Geez that's a little harsh. It probably wasn't easy to sit in front of her peers and conduct an interview with one of the best actors in the world. There are far worse interviews out there. She actually asked great questions and was very polite. Have a little grace for people.

[@suchanhachan]

Damn, did that young lady kill your dog or something? Dude, you need to chill out, develop some respect for others and generally bear in mind that no one is really interested in your opinion either...

[@mattrawling6646]

Mr Hanks appears to be unwell

[@knownpleasures]

Hes 68 this year. Time is probably catching up with him

[@williamshakespears9594]

He even goes on about quackzines

[@gavinmckenna3166]

Hes got a cold ffs

[@Grappapappa]

Who?

[@liquidpod]

Here for comments only 😂

[@duellingdescartes7950]

That privileged child didn't like the answer Tom gave about who you know.

[@ovidiubarbu3326]

sorry, but that girl is out of this movie. she come out with some written questions, do not bother what he's answer (meaning how good/stupid the question is), just happy to be able to read the next question. such a lousy job .... sorry Oxford if you have to choose her just because is a she and not white....

[@powshredder3716]

drink some water dude.

[@donnamacleod4488]

Movies the last 25years have sucked.

[@silversteel6312]

COVID in Tom’s voice 😷👀?

[@tartufo4870]

What is this ⚠️⚠️⚠️❓️❓️❓️the world is on fire 🔥...⚠️⚠️⚠️❓️❓️❓️

[@sands7811]

Epstien island regular

[@daveinstlouis]

sands7811 will post links from legitimate and credible sources that back up his / her claim. Oh, that's right. He / she won't ...because he /she can't.

[@SquabbleBoxHQ]

@@daveinstlouis I bet you were masked up for the full three years?

[@ReviewBoard-uy5nv]

There were LOTS of guests on the island, but the accusers did not accuse Tom Hanks, one of the richest actors in the world. If they could, they would have by now.

[@SquabbleBoxHQ]

@@ReviewBoard-uy5nv Yeah, um, Ghislaine was sent down for trafficking people to no one. Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean he isn't guilty.

[@daveinstlouis]

@@SquabbleBoxHQ STILL won't back up his /her claim using legitimate and credible sources. Oh, that's right. He /she won't ...because he/she can't.

[@droL_si_suseJ]

Nothing good absolutely nothing good has come out of Hollywood, nothing.

[@collectivesartori]

When did you leave there?

[@babbarr77]

When is he going to talk about pedophilia?

[@gailwebb9619]

Why would he? Are you interested in that yourself?

[@babbarr77]

Because, we’ll find out, he’s involved. Don’t quote me and if you think that’s not true that’s ok with me and I don’t care what you think.@@gailwebb9619

[@daveinstlouis]

Post links from legitimate and credible sources that back up your claim. Oh, that's right. You won't.

[@babbarr77]

Don’t try to be morally superior when you are not..oh, no you won’t @@daveinstlouis

[@lilianviljoen8922]

We all become ugly when we get old..

[@shemali5442]

What an absurd statement

[@collectivesartori]

Ugly thinking and ugly comments tends to kick it off...

[@JuanGCorredorB]

We all write empty words sometimes

[@Sprezzatura1]

AKA, the PEDO!

[@daveinstlouis]

Sprezzatura1 will post links from legitimate and credible sources that back up his /her claim. Oh, that's right. He / she won't ...because he / she can't.

[@Sprezzatura1]

@daveinstlouis Just go look Google the Pedo list for yourself. Because if I link it here, you'll still be in denial

[@Michael-yy3fr]

Apparently he was very good friends with Epstine 🤢

[@sandraankenbrand]

Was he on the list?

[@datacorz]

Source : "Trust me, bro."

[@natt3h133]

Can’t even spell his name. Doubt.

[@ashishnageshkar883]

Does not matter even if he cannot spell the name.

[@Nanopoder]

A little fresh of you to say that when apparently you have all that child porn in your computer.

[@bbqnetwork8536]

Arrest Tom Hanks #isaackappy

[@Rosiedelaroux]

God he looks awful.

[@waynethomas2950]

Come on, Tom... we know who you're talking about when you mention "Those people" you even said "Their skin color" I never saw your racist side until this, Tom. I'll never see any of your movies again.

[@ShareMyStoryGio]

What a wonderful and fruitful opportunity to interview such a prolific mind in cinema. Thank you! Ps. @michael-yy3fr has a small mind.