Following “The Women of Sundance” article in our print and online additions, Danielle Lurie continues her coverage of female filmmakers with a series of pieces highlighting women directors at SXSW. In this email interview, she talks with Katie Mustard, a producer of Jocelyn Towne and Simon Helberg’s Narrative Spotlight feature, We’ll Never Have Paris. Filmmaker: Why this movie? Why did you decide to do it? Mustard: The story and the people is the short answer. For me, these are two best things you can look for when deciding on a project. We’ll Never Have Paris is a hilarious, clumsy […]
by Danielle Lurie on Mar 10, 2014Following “The Women of Sundance” article in our print and online additions, Danielle Lurie continues her coverage of female filmmakers with a series of pieces highlighting women directors at SXSW. In this email interview, she talks with the editor of the Narrative Spotlight film, We’ll Never Have Paris, Mollie Goldstein. Filmmaker: Why this movie? Why did you decide to do it? Goldstein: The first question for me when considering a project is always the script, and this one was fun, funny, and had a screwball quality to it that I was really drawn to. Secondly, I really connected to […]
by Danielle Lurie on Mar 10, 2014Following “The Women of Sundance” article in our print and online additions, Danielle Lurie continues her coverage of female filmmakers with a series of pieces highlighting women directors at SXSW. In this email interview, she talks with one half of the directing team behind the Narrative Spotlight film, We’ll Never Have Paris, Jocelyn Towne. Filmmaker: Why this movie? Why did you decide to do it? Towne: Well, it’s a personal story, one that my husband/co-director [Simon Helberg] wrote about our disastrous engagement years ago. When he asked me to direct it with him I was excited, but nervous. I […]
by Danielle Lurie on Mar 10, 2014