Summer 2020
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“How Does Anyone Make Plans in This World Anymore?”: Penny Lane on Pandemics and Production Offices
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor When coronavirus hit New York, I had just moved into a new office along with my producer Gabriel and associate producer Nick. This move represented a big step for us, almost […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020 -
“I Wasn’t Interested in Just Shooting Empty Streets…”: Ellen Kuras on Action, Change and Democracy in Crisis
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor After working in Europe and Canada for seven months, I was in New York in the middle of directing an episode on a Netflix series called Inventing Anna. We had shot […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020 -
“Should I Write the Virus into the Script?”: Alison Murray on Halting Production Amidst COVID-19
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor We were halfway through our eight-week shoot in Buenos Aires on my second fictional feature, The Vegas, when we were forced to halt production due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shoot […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020 -
“It Makes You Rethink Your Life”: Tamar Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov on Creative Change During Quarantine
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor Tamar Kotevska: This situation was a very good test for everyone because it makes you rethink your life, how you live your life, how differently you want to live it. If […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020 -
“We Were So Close to Shooting”: Jarin Blaschke on Cancelled Projects
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor I’m very grateful. I know of so many projects just being outright cancelled. People getting their first break as a director, finally, and then having it go away. I’m just utterly […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020 -
“I Tried to Write Something Yesterday…”: Ira Sachs on Quietude, Listening and Art that Speaks to the Moment
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor Hey Scott, I tried to write something yesterday, based on some ideas I had when you first wrote, but in light of what’s been going on in the world over the […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020 -
“Collage Frees Me to Articulate Personal Narratives Using Materials That Have Been Created By Others”: lyric r. cabral on Sound and Image
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor At the time of this writing, I’ve spent 100 days in self isolation and have largely stayed inside/close to my Los Angeles home. My creative expressions have been drastically tempered by […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020 -
“Is It In This Paranoid Society That We Want to Live?”: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne on Missing Cultural Life
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor Since March 13, we have been living in confinement, one of us in Liège and the other in Brussels. We call each other every day to write the script for our […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020 -
“…The Void of Productivity From the Entire World Has Seized Me:” Alex Ross Perry on Writing During Quarantine
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor What surprises me is how noticeable the absence of production and a pipeline of “contemporary cinema” is to my mental stimulation and creative process. I would not be shooting right now, […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020 -
“I’m Liberated from How the Industry ‘Used to Be'”: Tricha Kumar on Tough Filmmaking Lessons
In April, as we began to put together the Summer, 2020 issue of Filmmaker, we asked directors, cinematographers, editors and other film workers to send us their thoughts on the quarantine and their own creative lives. The responses printed here were collected from April through mid-June — personal statements that speak variously to individual filmmaking practices, films halted mid-production, politics, art and life. Read all the responses here. — Editor In late 2017, I left the corporate world, sold my belongings and moved to India to pursue “The Bollywood Dream”—a glamorous life of dancing, music and movie stars. Cut to two […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jul 8, 2020
