Can you talk about what it was like to craft these characters?
James Mangold: I’m a big believer in hanging out. I am not a big believer in rehearsing.
Features: Q&A
October 7, 2019
The Irishman – Q&A with Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino
by The National Board of Review
This film has a different editorial pace and perspective than you usually portray in your films. Would you be able to talk about your approach with these older men in the film?
Martin Scorsese: This is not a film we could have created or made as effectively if we had tried to make it ten years ago.
October 1, 2019
Ad Astra – Q&A with James Gray
by The National Board of Review
Your film is set in the near future, which makes sense given that there are currently plans being formed to transport humans to Mars. What did you learn in your research about such efforts?James Gray: I’m a little skeptical that they’d make it, but that is their dream. Mars can be either 80 or 160 […]
September 23, 2019
Hustlers – Q&A with Lorene Scafaria
by The National Board of Review
This film is very inclusive and focused on women. Were you aiming to make a film about female empowerment? What was your concept about the story, initially?
I like the idea of making something that people can take away from it whatever they want.
September 11, 2019
The Report – Q&A with Adam Driver, Daniel J. Jones, Steven Soderbergh, and Scott Z. Burns
by The National Board of Review
Your characters spends a lot of time in an underground room, and doesn’t interact with a wide variety of people. But you still manage to develop a building sense of urgency. Can you talk about that process?
Adam Driver: There is a kind of decorum that comes with being in that kind of space that I really related to. There is a withholding of emotion, because you are there to do a job and not to insert your opinion or to have a feeling that you can express to your higher ups.