Why did you decide to set this story on screen and not on stage?
Annie Baker: It’s never like an intellectual decision. For me it’s very instinct driven. What is a play and what is a movie?
Features: Q&A
June 20, 2024
The Commandant's Shadow – Q&A with Kai Höss, Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, Wendy Robbins, and Daniela Völker
by The National Board of Review
Maya, I understand that the seed of the idea for this film originated with you?
Maya Lasker-Wallfisch: Yes: I wrote a book, which was apparently interesting! And one of the things I wrote about in the book were two themes that really interested Daniela. And so Daniela and I were connected through a mutual person that we both knew.
June 15, 2024
The Dead Don't Hurt – Q&A with Viggo Mortensen and Vicky Krieps
by The National Board of Review
What was the process of getting in sync with each other? Was there a lot of workshopping or did you wait until the outset to really work out the scenes?
Viggo Mortensen: I don’t think we workshopped anything. When Vicky was doing something that worked really well, I didn’t say much of anything. But when I had a different thought or wanted to try something different, I would say something. But mostly, I thought she always understood the character really well, which was great.
May 23, 2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Q&A with George Miller and Chris Hemsworth
by The National Board of Review
Can you talk about bringing Furiosa to the screen, particularly as it relates to the previous film and the way they were, in some sense, created simultaneously?
George Miller: That’s exactly right. The movies made three decades ago really weren’t connected except for the Max character.
May 15, 2024
I Saw the TV Glow – Q&A with Jane Shoenbrun and Brigette Lundy-Paine
by The National Board of Review
Speaking of actually having a greater scale and a greater budget, what was the coolest special effect that you got to deploy in this film?
JS: I mean, I loved making the monsters. From the very beginning, I remember thinking, for the next film? Let’s go monsters.