Interview Archive
Archives for September 2016
The director combed beach parties and Walmart parking lots for young people to star in her film, then took them on a road trip across America.
His new film 76 is trying to bring history back to a Nigerian filmmaking culture that’s growing at an amazing speed.
But believes the race to autonomy is making cars better now
“It was a chance to do something really fun and creative and different, because no one really has any preconceived expectations of what a Blair Witch film in 2016 would be.”
An unusually informative Q&A
At the Q&A following the premiere of Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee, a question came from the front of the audience: now that the film was out, was the director Nanette Burstein concerned for her safety?
“I think ambiguity is what keeps the movie alive. It’s something organic, something that keeps working on your mind once you leave the movie theater.”
“What was originally interesting about the story to us is how does something that begins as a tragedy — a young woman loses her life in a terrible situation — become something that’s driving a news cycle every day?”
