THE BIRDS: IN CONVERSATION WITH CAMILLE PAGLIA
“The Birds shows the grim reality—human helplessness in the face of nature and fate”
MALMKROG: IN CONVERSATION WITH CRISTI PUIU
“I believe that the best position of the camera is the one where death is visible.”
MR. JONES: IN CONVERSATION WITH AGNIESZKA HOLLAND
“There is a duty to translate this history into the feature film, which is a popular art that can reach people and wake up their imagination and emotions.”
SEBERG: IN CONVERSATION WITH BENEDICT ANDREWS
“It took a while to land on Kristen, but once we did it was like ‘Holy fuck, how could it have been anyone else!?’”
ZOMBI CHILD: IN CONVERSATION WITH BERTRAND BONELLO
“I became interested in looking into the truth of the zombie and bringing it back home to Haiti.”
BEANPOLE: IN CONVERSATION WITH KANTEMIR BALAGOV
“It’s like it opened new layers of my soul, of my mind, and it doesn’t happen quite often to me.”
SYSTEM CRASHER: IN CONVERSATION WITH NORA FINGSCHEIDT
“I’m still fascinated by people with extreme energy, even when it’s self destructive.”
GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY: IN CONVERSATION WITH DENIS CÔTÉ
“I like to film things I don’t know anything about. I shot in a zoo. Do I care about a zoo?”
OUTLAW CINEMA: IN CONVERSATION WITH DALLAS SONNIER
“We will always be the renegade Texans running around trying to stir the pot.”
DOOZY: IN CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD SQUIRES
“Many of our ideas are in some way inspired by the imagery we have been exposed to.”
SAUVAGE: IN CONVERSATION WITH CAMILLE VIDAL-NAQUET & FÉLIX MARITAUD
“We were not really thinking about his history, his future, where he comes from, only about what he feels in the scenes.”
REMAKESPLOITATION: IN CONVERSATION WITH DR IAIN ROBERT SMITH
“I remember being at a conference and one of the Professor’s said that I’d be a really good scholar once I got over this cult stuff.”
THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA: IN CONVERSATION WITH SYLLAS TZOUMERKAS
“The film creates a grey zone about justice and what is right and if there actually is a justice bestowed by God.”
ATTRACTION: IN CONVERSATION WITH FYODOR BONDARCHUK
“Im trying to create something which has a national Russian flavour.”
THE GREAT WALL: IN CONVERSATION WITH TADHG O’SULLIVAN
“I have long wanted to investigate the relationship between architecture, politics, and power.”
LONDON SYMPHONY: IN CONVERSATION WITH ALEX BARRETT
“This film is a celebration of the city and, of course, a celebration of its diversity.”
SAVAGE DOG: IN CONVERSATION WITH JESSE V. JOHNSON
“I realised that was the point at which my director changed. You come out of that experience and you realise there’s more to directing a film than a schedule.”
VIKTORIA: IN CONVERSATION WITH MAYA VITKOVA
“Making a film takes years of your life, so you’d better believe in your story and feel attached to it.”
DISPOSSESSION: IN CONVERSATION WITH PAUL SNG
“Images and words can inspire change, but they can’t achieve it.”
LITTLE SOLDIER: IN CONVERSATION WITH STELLA CORRADI
“There were things I experienced on film sets as an assistant that I didn’t want repeated on my set.”