What was the genesis of this film?
Paul Schrader: The process began about three years ago when I was giving an award for Pawel Pawlikowski, for his film Ida at the New York Society of Film Critics.
Features: Q&A
May 18, 2018
Tully – Q&A with Jason Reitman, Charlize Theron, Ron Livingston, and Mackenzie Davis
by The National Board of Review
How did you go about conceiving two characters who would ultimately converge?
Jason Reitman: I always thought of the movie as being like those lenticular posters, where if you look at the poster and you kind of move your head two inches, the image changes.
May 4, 2018
The Rider – Q&A with Chloé Zhao and Brady Jandreau
by The National Board of Review
Can you take us through the process of making this film? There was a long period of time when you were building toward something like this.
Chloé Zhao: During my third year at NYU, I was thinking about what feature film to make. That’s when I first went out to Pine Ridge.
April 24, 2018
A Quiet Place – Q&A with John Krasinski
by The National Board of Review
How did you get on this project? How did it come to you?
John Krasinski: So I was about to start pre-production on Jack Ryan, and some of the producers on Jack Ryan were Platinum Dunes, and they said, “Would you ever act in a genre movie?” And I said, “Oh no, I can’t do that, I don’t do horror movies.”
December 29, 2017
Phantom Thread – Q&A with Paul Thomas Anderson, Lesley Manville, and Daniel Day-Lewis
by The National Board of Review
What inspired you with this film and why did you set it in the world of 1950’s London fashion?
Paul Thomas Anderson: I had a thin story for a romance about a man, woman, and maybe third party.