'Lost' Showrunners Pick DVDs

Thanks to Bongzilla for the heads up.

Our occasional DVD-recommendations series returns with picks from a pair of Hollywood insiders, and the minds behind one of the most popular dramas on television. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are what's called "showrunners," and the show they run is called Lost. Its final season premieres next week.

The men joined NPR's Steve Inskeep for a half-hour conversation about their favorite DVDs, and what emerged is that their tastes run from country-music biopics to rock 'n' roll mockumentaries to twisty, surreal sci-fi stories. (Go figure.)

But they don't always agree.

"In fact we don't make eye contact with each other," Lindelof jokes. "And we only address each other directly when we're being interviewed."

When they really do differ, Cuse says, their disagreements sometimes become plot points.

"Particularly there's a latent Yankees-Red Sox rivalry that's sort of embedded in the show," Cuse says. "That has a lot to do with our individual rooting interests.

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Source: NPR