What was the process like to bring this film together?
Julie Goldman: This is our sixth film together, so we have an established and unusual machine that works for our flow of producing.
Features: Q&A
November 9, 2017
The Square – Q&A with Ruben Östlund
by The National Board of Review
How did the idea of the script develop from the art piece of the square?
Ruben Östlund: The whole idea of the script developed in 2008. I don’t like to talk about it as an art piece but instead of as a humanistic traffic sign, actually.
November 6, 2017
Wonderstruck – Q&A with Julianne Moore, Jaden Michael, Oakes Fegley, Brian Selznick, and Todd Haynes
by The National Board of Review
What was it like adapting your book into your first screenplay?
Brian Selznick: I started writing the screenplay secretly at night when I was illustrating and writing another book.
October 31, 2017
Faces Places – Q&A with JR and Agnès Varda
by The National Board of Review
Ms. Varda, you say very early in your film that “chance” is your assistant. JR, would you say that you agree with that philosophy?
JR: Yes, definitely and that’s why we got along well.
October 27, 2017
Last Flag Flying – Q&A with J. Quinton Johnson, Richard Linklater, Laurence Fishburne, and Bryan Cranston
by The National Board of Review
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.