Sly | Revealing the Real Sylvester Stallone | Q&A with Thom Zimny

To call Sylvester Stallone a film star is only the beginning of any conversation about him. Subscribe for more from Factual America: http://bit.ly/AlamoPictures

Movies such as Rocky and Rambo have made him an American icon. But even that barely scrapes the surface of who he really is.

In Sly, a new documentary film available to watch now on Netflix, director Thom Zimny takes a deep dive into Sylvester Stallone’s story. He starts with the actor we all know before introducing us to the man behind the persona: Stallone the writer, director, and even, painter. He goes further still, in fact, right to the heart of Stallone’s life: his relationship with his father, a relationship that for Thom redefined how he saw Stallone’s films.

In this episode of Factual America, Thom joins Matthew Sherwood to discuss Sly, both man and film. Their conversation takes them from the beginning of Thom’s relationship with Stallone to its full flowering. Thom describes his approach to interviewing Stallone, and the energy that the latter brought to their conversation. He reveals how his work with Bruce Springsteen helped him navigate Sly, and the great trust that Stallone put in him, made real with a significant gift. Along the way, Thom shares some of the surprises that came out of making Sly, and even Stallone’s musicality.

Join Matthew as he and Thom Zimny pull the curtain back on the real Sylvester Stallone – Sly by name, but open hearted by nature.

“Sly went beyond a biopic for me because I felt like there was a chance to show an artist that gets lost with just a shorthand version of their life... I love the details that get lost, that make a film universal.” – Thom Zimny

What is Covered:
00:00 – Trailer for Sly
02:22 – Matthew Sherwood introduces this episode’s guest – Thom Zimny, director of Sly
03:49 – Thom Zimny shares his excitement about seeing Sly at the Toronto International Film Festival with Sylvester Stallone and his family
05:29 – Thom explains what Sly is (and isn’t) about
07:46 – Exploring the question of how one makes a film about an icon
09:55 – Unexpected ‘gifts’: Stallone’s house move and old tape recordings
13:33 – What surprised Thom most in his conversations with Stallone
16:37 – Sylvester Stallone’s self-revealing in Sly
20:18 – How Thom became involved with the Sly project
21:47 – What it was like working with Stallone
24:39 – Why Thom decided to make Sly a film rather than docu-series
26:11 – Thom discusses similarities between Sly and his other, music related docs
28:29 – Discussing Thom’s next documentary about Willie Nelson

Resources:
Sly https://www.netflix.com/title/81450717
MovieMaker Magazine https://www.moviemaker.com/
Innersound Audio https://www.innersoundaudio.co.uk/

Connect with Thom Zimny
IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956890/

▬▬ FACTUAL AMERICA PODCAST ▬▬

Factual America uses documentary filmmaking to examine the American experience as well as universal topics that affect all Americans. Guests include leading documentary filmmakers, their subjects, as well as experts on the American experience.

Subscribe to Factual America: https://linktr.ee/FactualAmerica

Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/FactualAmerica
Follow us on Instagram: @factual_america
Follow us on Twitter: @Factual_America

Connect with Matthew Sherwood:
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/sherwood1967/
Facebook http://facebook.com/matthew.sherwood.14/
LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/matthewsherwood/

▬▬ ABOUT ALAMO PICTURES ▬▬

Alamo Pictures is a production company that makes US documentaries from a European perspective. Our goal is to create US documentaries for an international audience, remaining subjective by looking at American issues from a European point of view. This helps everyone to better understand America

▬▬ CONTACT ▬▬

Visit our Website: https://www.alamopictures.co.uk/
Follow us on Instagram: @AlamoPictures
Follow us on Twitter: @AlamoPictures
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alamopictures/
Like us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alamopictures/about/

#sly #sylvesterstallone #netflixdocumentary

Видео Sly | Revealing the Real Sylvester Stallone | Q&A with Thom Zimny канала Factual America Podcast