There have been other stories about the cartels and the drug war. Why did you want to tell this particular story?
Denis Villeneuve: For me it’s not a movie about cartels. I don’t think anyone will learn new things about cartels from this film.
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March 2024
Q&A with Denis Villeneuve
Just as in the last film, this one starts with an incredible burst of sound, accompanied by some text, that really grabs the audience and lets them know they are in for an incredible experience. Can you talk about that decision?
Denis Villeneuve: When making movies, you try to plan as much as possible in the screenwriting. Even so, there are elements that come to life as you’re shooting. And similarly, in post-production, sometimes unplanned things happen, too.
October 2020
Q&A with Dawn Porter, Evan Hayes, Jayme Lemons, and Pete Souza
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of The Way I See It. This film really seemed to hit at the perfect time. Can you talk about the genesis of the project? Jayme Lemons: My partner Laura Dern and I were big fans of Pete’s in general, having […]
September 2023
Q&A with David Petersen, Steven Melendez, and Mary Recine
How did the project begin?
David Petersen: So it began at a dog park, where all projects have to start!
August 2018
Q&A with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal
Can you talk about the collaboration between the two of you in terms of writing, producing, and performing this?
Rafael Casal: Yeah, Diggs, can you?
Daveed Diggs: I mean we’ve been working on this for ten years at this point with our two producing partners the whole time, Jess and Keith Calder.
October 2017
Q&A with Darren Aronofsky and Jennifer Lawrence
What was your script development process, and what was your reaction to it on first read?
Darren Aronofsky: All of my work outside of filmmaking is environmental work. As a parent, I’m very concerned about the future.
December 2020
Q&A with Darius Marder and Riz Ahmed
Can you talk about the process developing the physical look of the character?
Riz Ahmed: Ruben is someone, like Lou, who is trying to construct his identity, as many of us do.
June 2022
Q&A with Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Alan Light, and Sharon Robinson
Can you discuss the archival material you have in this film? It’s incredibly comprehensive.
Daniel Geller: One of the things, I think, that came later in the process…Leonard began to understand what Dayna and I were trying to do with the movie.
May 2022
Q&A with Craig Roberts and Simon Farnaby
Simon, this is an incredible true story. How did you come to write the script?
Simon Farnaby: I was brought up around golf—my father was a greenskeeper at a little club in northeast England. Golf’s a game I love, but I came at it like Maurice [Flitcroft], from a lower-class angle.
February 2022
Q&A with Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clifton Collins Jr. and Molly Parker
What drew you to this material and inspired you to direct the film?
Sian Heder: I came to this because it was originally a studio film, and Lionsgate was looking to do a remake of La famille Bélier, a French film that came out in 2014.
June 2018
Q&A with Claire Danes, Octavia Spencer, Daniel Pearle, and Silas Howard
How did you end up bringing it to the screen?
Daniel Pearle: Jim Parsons read the play and he had just started his company, That’s Wonderful.
July 2023
Q&A with Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
When you’re talking with Cillian about that and how you’re going to essentially be inside of his head for a lot of the film, what do you discuss about him embodying this man?
Christopher Nolan: I think the first and most important conversation was the one where we both agreed that we were not interested in some kind of impersonation.
August 2018
Q&A with Christopher McQuarrie
It’s not your first time directing a Mission: Impossible film, and you’re the first director to come back. I hear you were kind of hesitant about that. Why?
Christopher McQuarrie: I had worked on Ghost Protocol. I came in midway through and was working on that movie. I saw Brad Bird going through what could only be described as a meat grinder.
February 2023
Q&A with Chris Smith
Is it correct that you had a very small crew, during production? Was that always the plan?
Chris Smith: When we first went out to Robert Downey Jr.’s house in the Hamptons, he said that we couldn’t bring a crew. Which I only found out two days beforehand.
December 2014
Q&A with Chris Rock
The scene where you go to see your family is amazing. Can you talk about how that came together?
It was ninety degrees in August, in New York City, in the projects. So you can imagine… just the smell!