Video: Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Pam Anderson & More Talk The Buzziest Films of the Year
If you’re anything like us, right now you’re catching up on the deluge of exciting films that came out at the end of last year. While watching those films, you might wonder how they were made. Fear not, we have you covered. Film Independent Presents has insightful Q&As from some of the buzziest films of last year with the people who made them. Check out Jude Law getting into the mind of a domestic terrorist, Pamela Anderson talking about giving acting everything she has, and Atlantiques director Mati Diop talking about why she turned to documentary for her new project. Plus, we’ll answer the question everyone is asking this award season: why they turned Robbie Williams into a monkey in Better Man!
THE LAST SHOWGIRL
Film critic Carla Renata speaks with director Gia Coppola, writer Kate Gersten and actors Pamela Anderson and Brenda Song about their new film The Last Showgirl. They discuss adapting the script from a the original play script, Anderson’s fears that this might be her last best shot, and yes that Jamie Lee Curtis casino scene.
THE ORDER
NPR’s John Horn speaks with writer Zach Baylin and actor/producer Jude Law about their new film The Order. They discuss why someone would be swayed by the vile white supremacist retoric of Bob Matthews, and how it can lead to violence.
MARIA
NPR’s John Horn speaks with actress Angelina Jolie, director Pablo Larraín, cinematographer Ed Lachman and production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas about their new film Maria. Larraín talks about delving into the mystery that is the great opera singer Maria Callas, and Jolie talks about returning to acting and how she re-engaged with her art.
DAHOMEY
Film Independent’s Kate Mason speaks with director Mati Diop about her new film, the Golden Bear winner Dahomey. She talks about why she wanted to capture the transfer of royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey from France to back to modern day Benin. She talks about while researching, finding out that of the repatriation was happening in only a few weeks, and her choices to use a student debate to explore the topic, and to give the artifacts a voice
BETTER MAN
Euphoria creator Sam Levinson speaks with director Michal Gracy about his new Robbie Williams biopic Better Man. In this insightful discussion, the two talk about how the elaborate musical numbers were planned out, the relationship between animation and dance, and how the choice to turn the main character into a CGI ape freed up filmmaking possibilities that wouldn’t be available if working with a flesh and blood actor.
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