On the other track I got to talk with Jon Poll, my editor, and we go into more detail about the decisions we made in both the production and the post-production. So I hope the combination becomes something worth collecting.

I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible.

When something so unjust as the black list happened, [Dalton Trumbo] would come to life in a certain way.

I am partisan to some extent on the Democratic side, but I consider myself more of an independent.

It's hard to believe that these self-centered people have nuclear weapons that they can fire at any moment. Even modern wars are fought like revenge tales from some petty grievance. It was definitely tapping into the Dr. Strangelove vibe, which is one of my three top favorite films or all time.

Hedda's Hopper attitude was 'once a Commie, always a Commie.'

There were two writer's unions in those days[ during World War II ] , the studio-friendly guild called the Screen Playwrights, and the more activist Writer's Guild. The studios were fairly upset that their group wasn't effective, and they sought to punish the other union by labeling them as Communists.