Matt Johnson & Dominic Sessa Break Down TONY & Their Most Iconic Scenes

Matt Johnson & Dominic Sessa Break Down TONY & Their Most Iconic Scenes

The director and star of TONY sit down to talk building the film from Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, shooting on location in Provincetown, and the "layered heads" technique that makes every Matt Johnson movie feel so immersive. Plus, they break down scenes from BlackBerry and The Holdovers, and dig into the throughline of delusional ambition running through Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.

TONY is out now in theaters, go see it.

Chapters:

0:00 – Cold Open

0:29 – intro

1:24 – Pulling scenes from Kitchen Confidential

2:08 – Getting the real stories from Larry Luster

2:54 – Best restaurant in Provincetown

3:15 – Writing dialogue only after casting the actor

3:38 – The line that defines the movie

4:42 – Matt's "next to Dom's feet" directing style