Call Jane
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“Restrictions Sometimes Bring to Life Really Great Shots”: DP Greta Zozula on Call Jane
In Phyllis Nagy’s directorial debut Call Jane, Joy’s pregnancy leads to a life-threatening condition. When the medical establishment refuses to help, Joy turns to a clandestine organization called the “Janes” that is based on the real-life Jane Collective. The period piece is heavy on sequence shots, which both posed challenges and enabled the creativity of DP Greta Zozula, who discusses the film below. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? Zozula: I was introduced to Phyllis in the early part of last year. The subject matter was important and I was drawn to the […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 21, 2022 -
“Consideration of Our Own Mortality Provides Our Work With Urgency and Focus” | Phyllis Nagy, Call Jane
The last two years have prompted much contemplation and reconsideration of the reasons why we make our films as well as the ways in which we make them. What aspect of your filmmaking—whether in your creative process, the way you finance your films, your production methodology or the way you relate to your audience—did you have to reinvent in order to make and complete the film you are bringing to the festival this year? The pandemic served as a potent reminder that a consideration of our own mortality provides our work with urgency and focus—and with a decidedly necessary dark […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 21, 2022
