Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot on masculinity, Marvel and passing up '$30 million cheques' Home (The film is … And then once it's … Senes from The Last Black Man in San Francisco, the critical hit that homegrown director Joe Talbot and actor Jimmie Fails filmed last year in the City. Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails talk about their tribute to the old San Francisco -- before tech moved in -- in their moving feature debut, The Last Black Man in San Francisco . That was von Kuhn’s first impression of him several years ago, when he arrived to an SFFILM financiers’ dinner at Tosca singing the praises of Harold and Maude, the cult 1971 romantic comedy filmed around the Bay Area. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/Getty Images) JF: When you're making a film, the process is everything. Jimmie Fails, left, and Joe Talbot, at Dolores Park in San Francisco, co-wrote “The Last Black Man of San Francisco,” loosely based on Fails’ life. Joe Talbot Photos Photos - Jimmie Fails (L) and Joe Talbot attend the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 08, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. 5 of 10 Jimmie Fails, left, the star of the film, "The Last Black Man in San Francisco," and the films director, Joe Talbot, in San Francisco, May 29, 2019. Fails, 24, who is black, and Talbot, 28, who is white, capture these twin impulses in a scene the director says is often quoted back to him by early viewers. Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails are in no rush to join the big budget world of movie making. Director Joe Talbot and actor Jimmie Fails first envisioned the bittersweet love letter to their hometown as teenagers. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 03: (L-R) Jimmie Fails, Joe Talbot, Willie Hen, Tichina Arnold, Finn Wittrock and Rob Morgan attends the special screening of "The Last Black Man In San Francisco" at the Vista Theatre on June 03, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.