Can you talk about finding this character, before you brought him to the page?
Paul Schrader: These kinds of stories — I’ve done about a half-dozen of them, stretching all the way back to *Taxi Driver* — usually come about when there’s a metaphor.
Features: Q&A
January 21, 2022
Attica – Q&A with Stanley Nelson, Traci A. Curry and Arthur Harrison
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about the germination of this idea, for you?
Jeymes Samuel: The film has been in my head since I was a kid.
January 13, 2022
The Harder They Fall – Q&A with Jeymes Samuel and Zazie Beetz
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about the germination of this idea, for you?
Jeymes Samuel: The film has been in my head since I was a kid.
January 5, 2022
Flee – Q&A with Jonas Poher Rasmussen
by The National Board of Review
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of Flee. How long have you known Amin? What was it like to hear the truth about his background? Jonas Poher Rasmussen: I’ve known him for twenty-five years. I grew up in this very small village in Denmark, with like 400 […]
Pig – Q&A with Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block
by The National Board of Review
Do you think Nicolas Cage’s casting creates an expectation with the film? And if so, did you intentionally subvert those expectations in any way?
I think it does create an expectation. Certainly, people have certain types of films that they associate with Nic Cage. But we never set out to subvert anything