117: The North Water

This episode focuses on site favourite Andrew Haigh's newest project, The North Water, starring Jack O'Connell and Colin Farrell. We discuss how this on-the-surface unusual work fits into Haigh's thematic interests. This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and special guest Fiona Underhill. It also features an excerpt from Alex's interview with Andrew Haigh. On This Episode: Intro (1:05) Why did Andrew Haigh do this series? (16:42) Andrew Haigh on upending expectations in his work (28:11) Who is the real evil? Drax, Cavendish, and Baxter (35:01) What does it mean to be civilized (45:12) Sumner and Drax as mirrors (51:51) The episodic structure (1:00:03) The Inuit characters (1:20:01) The lack of promotion for the series (1:27:27) Conclusion (1:32:55) Show Notes: Visit our Directors We Love page on Andrew Haigh, collecting all of our articles and podcasts about his film and television work Check out MovieJawn magazine for Fiona's article on The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, starring a young Tom Courtenay Purchase our ebook on Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete Purchase our ebook on Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir Related episodes Ep. 110: Brief encounters: Weekend and End of the Century Ep. 94: Looking Ep. 91: AIDS on screen, featuring It's a Sin Ep. 69: Paddington and Paddington 2 Ep. 53: Boys State and First Stripes Ep. 32: Sorry We Missed You and Peterloo Ep. 7: Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.