Interview:
Clint Bentley,
co-writer/director,
"Train Dreams"
Co-written and directed by Dallas-based filmmaker Clint Bentley, the lyrical drama Train Dreams contemplates the life changes a logger experiences over the course of several decades during the first half of the 20th century. Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton) lives a quiet and solitary existence until he meets his future wife Gladys (Felicity Jones). Soon after getting married, Robert and an expectant Gladys build a cabin by a river. Work takes Robert away from his family for months at a time, so he cherishes every moment he spends with Gladys and their baby daughter Kate. But Robert remains haunted by his failure to stop a fatal act of workplace violence, and he comes to believe that the heartbreak he unexpectedly endures at the happiest moment in his life is the result of his inaction on that fateful day. Train Dreams also stars William H. Macy as explosives engineer Arn Peeples and Kerry Condon as forestry worker Claire Thompson. Clint Bentley and Austin-based Greg Kwedar adapted Train Dreams from the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson. Train Dreams , which screened during this year’s Austin Film Festival, opened Nov. 8 in Austin theaters and premiered Nov. 21 in Netflix. Clint Bentley previously directed the 2021 racing drama Jockey, which he co-wrote with his longtime creative partner, the Austin-based Greg Kwedar. Bentley and Kwedar also wrote two films Kwedar directed, the 2016 thriller Transpecos and last year’s Oscar-nominated drama Sing Sing. Bentley is currently producing Saturn Return, a romance Kwedar is directing for Netflix. Bentley and Kwedar were honored at this year’s Austin Film Festival with the Writer’s Writer Award.
Aired: Nov. 19, 2025. Web sites: https://www.netflix.com/title/82020378 |
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