How did this project manifest?
Leo Scott: I was editing a half hour comedy where Val Kilmer was playing himself as a motivational speaker in this sort of parallel universe. It was such a great performance, so bonkers and I wanted to tell him that.
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January 2016
Q&A with Steve Carell and Adam McKay
What drew you to this story?
Adam McKay: We had done a movie with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg called The Other Guys, and the goal of that movie was to do a comedic parable of the collapse.
September 2021
Q&A with Stephen Chbosky, Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Amy Adams, and Amandla Stenberg
Stephen, you’re no stranger to bringing musicals to the big screen, and you’re no stranger to stories about teenage longing and discontent. How did you get involved in the project?
Stephen Chbosky: I saw the show about three years ago, on Broadway. And I loved it. I didn’t know anything about it when I saw it. And I loved the show.
April 2021
Q&A with Stephen Basilone
How did your filmmaking process begin?
Stephen Basilone: When I started my career, I had a writing partner for a very long time and we started off writing features.
June 2023
Q&A with Sean Mullin
When did you first start noticing a disconnect between Yogi Berra’s reputation and the player the stats showed him to be?
Sean Mullin: I think that’s what this was all about. When I started doing the research, I was like, wait, this guy was criminally overlooked.
December 2017
Q&A with Saoirse Ronan and Greta Gerwig
One of the most priceless moments in the film is when Lady Bird escapes from the car. What was it like putting that scene together?
Greta Gerwig: That scene was such a monster on the page because there are so many emotions.
September 2020
Q&A with Richard Tanne
What did your writing process entail?
It kind of had the whiff of destiny, from the time I read the book.
October 2018
Q&A with Quincy Jones and Alan Hicks
We spent three years filming, and we went to twenty five countries with Quincy.
July 2021
Q&A with Nicole Riegel
The film is visually stunning. Can you talk about your approach, and how you worked with your collaborators?
Nicole Riegel: I knew the color palette I wanted to use before I began collaborating with my production designer and cinematographer.
June 2018
Q&A with Morgan Neville
The letter’s from a five year old boy and it says, “Dear Mr. Rogers, are you for real? Are you for real or not?”
February 2023
Q&A with Laura Poitras
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed. You really weave so many stories together so beautifully in the film. How did you and Nan weave in and out of each other’s lives? Laura Poitras: Nan and I have intersected, sometimes literally […]
March 2022
Q&A with Kogonada
How did that expansion work? How do you open up that short story?
Kogonada: I had the best experience a filmmaker can have with an author.
November 2022
Q&A with Kathryn Ferguson
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
October 2016
Q&A with Elle Fanning, Annette Bening, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Mike Mills
The opening shot of the ocean felt very lyrical. What made you decide to open your film with this particular shot?
Mike Mills: In the script, the first shot is of a car burning and of course that seems like such a good way to begin a movie.
June 2014
Q&A with Elisabeth Holm, Gillian Robespierre, and Jenny Slate
What motivated you to expand the short?
It first started before the short was even finished, in the editing room.