Will Smith was much on my mind as I was writing the screenplay. Not just his voice but his physicality — the grace and energy he brings to his performance.
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Concussion: Director Landeman on Will Smith, the Story’s Issues and Potential NFL Controversy
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Sunset Song: Terence Davies
September 13, 2015 by
Terence Davies is one of the the five subjects of my new book, Gay Directors, Gay Films? (published by Columbia University Press last week).
Grandma: Writer-Director Paul Weitz about his Serio Abortion Comedy Starring Lily Tomlin
August 22, 2015 by
I wrote the script hearing Lily’s voice. Then I asked her to lunch and told her I had written a script for her and told her the story and gave it to her. I’m sure that was a bit nerve-wrecking for her.
Last Picture Show, The (1971): Director Bogdanovich Reflects on the Film, Chloris Leachman, the Oscar
August 22, 2015 by
Cloris Leachan wanted to rehearse it and I kept saying, I don’t want to rehearse it; I want to see it for the first time when we actually roll.” I had learned that idea — to not let the actors show you an emotional scene before they shot it — from John Ford through Henry Fonda–Bogdanovich on that film’s famous coffee scene.
Son of Saul: Director Laszlo Nemes
July 15, 2015 by
The film conveys the experience of the camps, its limitations, its chaos, what it meant to be a human being living in the camps–Laszlo Nemes
