Sundance Responses
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“That Feeling of Director’s Guilt”: Director Diego Luna | Mr. Pig
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? There are many secrets around this script and how the story was formed… I will take those […]
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“Why Not Just Try to Shoot an Entire Feature Film in Four Days?”: Director Andrew Hyland | The 4th
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? The “secret story” of The 4th, without hopefully taking too much away from the audience’s own interpretation. […]
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“Finding Depth and Detail in the Sound of Falling Rain”: Director Peter Middleton | Notes on Blindness
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? Two hidden stories spring to mind. The first is of John’s decision to share his account of […]
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“He Existed Quietly Orbiting Stars”: Directors JJ Garvine and Tai Parquet | Film Hawk
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? For us, and most cinephiles over a certain age, the name Bob Hawk already carried a certain […]
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“No Secret Is Without Complications”: Director Jon Shenk | Audrie & Daisy
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? Audrie & Daisy tells the story of two teenage girls who went to parties, drank alcohol, passed […]
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“Time Is Not Your Friend”: Director Matt Ross | Captain Fantastic
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? The secret story of Captain Fantastic is that – on paper – it looked deceptively simple. Everyone […]
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“It Is in Huge Part My Own Story”: Director Agnieszka Smoczynska | The Lure
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? I think my biggest fear was to tell this coming-of-age story without being overly personal about it. […]
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“He Was a Chameleon”: Director Aaron Brookner | Uncle Howard
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? I was aware that my uncle Howard [Brooker, director of Burroughs the Movie, 1983] had many secrets […]
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“It’s a Very Exposing Process, and Oftentimes Quite a Lonely One”: Director Matthew Ross | Frank & Lola
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? Frank & Lola is my first feature film. I’m not sure if this is necessarily a secret […]
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“The Perfect Parallel for the Director’s Loneliness”: Director Bernardo Britto | Jacqueline (Argentine)
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? Something that started becoming more and more apparent to me as I finished the movie was the […]
