Technical Notes on Video:

Video length is 1:23:15.

Note: This is an edited version of Milch's talk. An unedited audio stream is available at the Communications Forum site for this series..

David Thorburn, Director, Communications Forum, introduces David Milch.

At 2:03, Milch begins.

At 5:55, Milch discusses his father’s history and suicide.

At 16:37, Milch discusses the language in DEADWOOD, and the old cowboy Westerns.

At 30:00, Milch discusses his writing method.

At 38:15, Milch discusses the episode planning for DEADWOOD.

At 42:32, Milch responds to a series of audience questions about directing, how he develops his characters, his history of mental illness and drug abuse, the balance of fiction and nonfiction in his work, and the impact of the media on the war in Iraq.