Tony Tallarico joins Nic Romolini for a wide-ranging conversation covering all of the following: editing, mental health, trauma responses from childhood influencing adulthood, hoarding, Tony’s aspirations, gatekeeping in the film industry, Walter Murch, never stopping learning new sh*t, TikTok editors, the decentralization of the film and tv industry, Gary V, Unreal Engine compositing, AI actors, AI wiping out humanity, dinosaurs, my parents’ lawyer Pasquale J. Tallarico, Italian-Americans, how America strips immigrants of their culture, vomiting Spaghetti-Os, being a dad, the miracle that neither one of us is dead, how my wife grounded me, dying from Cirrhosis, the gratification of starting to take good care of yourself, my spiking blood pressure, the problem with the word “deserve” and what might be a better choice, “lucky” vs “fortunate,” privilege, meditation, saunas, inflammation, strip clubs and bachelor parties, how most dudes suck, obsessing on what’s gonna go wrong, Mr. Rogers, men’s ability to discuss vulnerable and emotional subjects, masculinity, Chet Hanks, Catholicism, divorce, minimum wage, the French Revolution, how American citizens have been made to hate each other, Andor, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and if it’s better somewhere other than America.

Tony takes us out with a Mister Rogers song.

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