Can you describe your approach to adapting the novel, and to making the story so cinematic?
Sarah Polley: I think I always thought of the story as somewhat of an epic.
Features: Q&A
February 1, 2023
Body Parts – Q&A with Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Helen Hood Scheer
by The National Board of Review
How did you two come to work on this project together?
We started working on what we thought would be a triptych, looking at sex, birth, and death on screen from a women’s perspective. We started the one about sex and it was an avalanche of ideas and people and different actors that we wanted to speak with, and that’s really where it began.
January 24, 2023
The Fabelmans – Q&A with Tony Kusher, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, and Gabriel LaBelle
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about the origins of this project?
Tony Kushner: Steven told me the story that’s the core of the movie on the first day of filming Munich, in 2005, in Malta.
December 22, 2022
Living – Q&A with Oliver Hermanus, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Bill Nighy
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about genesis of the film?
Kazuo Ishiguro: I can tell you about the origin story of this film, before the real work started. I can take credit for having the original idea, because it was kind of an obsession of mine for years. It was partly because I was a Japanese kid growing up in England and I was always very interested in any Japanese film that was shown in England.
November 3, 2022
Nothing Compares – Q&A with Kathryn Ferguson
by The National Board of Review
This is a somewhat personal film for you— and it’s your first feature. Can you discuss how you came to make this film?
Kathryn Ferguson: I grew up in Northern Ireland. My father, actually, was a huge fan of Sinéad’s in the late ’80’s, when The Lion and The Cobra came out