You said that your biggest talent was in the casting of the film.
Linklater: I think the movie speaks for itself in that way.
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March 2022
Q&A with Kogonada
How did that expansion work? How do you open up that short story?
Kogonada: I had the best experience a filmmaker can have with an author.
October 2021
Q&A with Jessica Kingdon
You did almost all of the work on this film— what was that experience like?
Jessica Kingdon: I did have a close cinematographer, Nathan Truesdell, and we shot it together. But, yeah, it was very much a film that was coming out of my own mind.
October 2017
Q&A with J. Quinton Johnson, Richard Linklater, Laurence Fishburne, and Bryan Cranston
Can you talk about how found this story and why it’s important to tell now?
Richard Linklater: I read Darryl Ponicsan’s book and just loved the characters twelve years ago.
August 2018
Q&A with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal
Can you talk about the collaboration between the two of you in terms of writing, producing, and performing this?
Rafael Casal: Yeah, Diggs, can you?
Daveed Diggs: I mean we’ve been working on this for ten years at this point with our two producing partners the whole time, Jess and Keith Calder.
September 2025
Q&A with Spike Lee
Your relationship with Akira Kurosawa dates back to the beginning of your career. Can you share how you first encountered Kurosawa’s work and what drew you to reimagine it?
Spike Lee: People always assume that this film is a remake of Kurosawa’s High and Low, but it actually began with Ed McBain’s novel King’s Ransom.
February 2025
Q&A with Sean Baker and Mikey Madison
Anora is such an intense and ferocious character, but there’s an understated vulnerability. How did you weave that into the performance?
Mikey Madison: I always saw her as someone who was deeply vulnerable on the inside but is constantly protecting herself by covering it up with anger and spunk.
September 2006
Gisella Nichole Brake – Open Wound
July 2023
Cosmic Waves
An intricate look into the spiritual and musically adept view of Takuya Nakamura, with first-hand access to emotionally moving and intimate performances, including one coupled with an invitation to experience from the comfort of his home.