Can you describe your writing process for this film?
Trey Edward Shults: It started when I wrote this in 2014, and it comes from a personal place of having a rough relationship with my biological father who suffered with addiction.
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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.
September 2013
Q&A with Director Steve McQueen and Chiwetel Ejiofor
Your character experiences some of the darkest things a person can experience. During your preparation and filming, was there anything in particular that helped you connect with him?
Ejiofor: I think I wanted to find out about who he was. I thought there was something about him that was too remarkable.