All films are essentially voyeuristic in some ways, but there are some great ones that are actually about people observing, looking at things. It's fascinating because it makes us especially aware that we are always voyeurs when we're in the cinema. It's even stronger sensation when you have the point-of-view of someone who is spying on someone else–producer Medjuk.

“Jim Harrison is one of my favorite writers. I read the book some years ago and talked to Zwick about the film long before it was made. Like my film with Robert Redford, River Runs Through It, this is a classic American story, but it feels more contemporary, more immediate”–Brad Pitt

In workshop, we did a few sexually oriented closed-set improves but not many. Some actors were immediately comfortable with that, others needed time. Many wanted to save it for the camera. All the orgasms portrayed in the film are real–John Cameron Mitchell.