How Philip Kaufman Made 'The Right Stuff' Matter

Philip Kaufman calls his 1983 masterpiece ‘probably the longest movie ever made without a plot.’ Here the director discusses how film fibs, demons, and labia made ‘The Right Stuff’ just right.

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