DP/30 – The Story Department

[Video]: Alejandro Iñárritu talks Birdman

Jamie Wynen — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 02:06:37 +0000

‘This way to approach it pushes you to be absolutely naked, honest, and clear as hell, and present in your position… the way you make, it will be forever.’

Writer-director Alejandro Iñárritu has had enormous success with a handful of exquisitely crafted films – Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel, and Biutiful. Even though most widely known for his filmmaking, Alejandro’s education began in theatrical production, which he drew on to create the critically and commercially successful Birdman, continuing a pronounced trend of filmmakers using intensely personal experiences to unlock rich, unexpected stories like Whiplash and St Vincent.

Alejandro talks to David Poland about the journey, about his depression leading to Birdman, the production, and more.

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[Video]: Scorsese Contemplates Cinema

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 01:21:54 +0000

‘I’ve experienced so much cinema, and it’s meant so much to me… it was the way that I experienced certain emotions and ideas that couldn’t be expressed otherwise.’

‘There’s no way that I could ever compare a movie of mine to the films that formed me… people say you’re a master at times… but the beauty of it is that you never really know. Part of the fun and the fear and the anxiety of it is that you find out as you go along.’

In a fast-paced interview, Martin Scorsese (Wolf Of Wall Street) talks about why he doesn’t want to watch his own films, and the mastery of filmmaking.

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[Video]: Derek Ciafrante on Going Back

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 15 May 2013 02:48:20 +0000

Screenwriter/director Derek Ciafrante (Blue Valentine) talks candidly about tribalism in America, historical conflict, and going back to basics to write his well-received crime noir The Place Beyond The Pines

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[Video]: Mark Boal on Courting Controversy

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:50:35 +0000

Screenwriter/Producer Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty, The Hurt Locker, In The Valley Of Elah) talks to DP/30 about the critically acclaimed yet highly controversial terrorist hunt film Zero Dark Thirty. How much of the film’s events correlate to what actually happened? How did Mark go about unearthing the true character of the CIA agent who doggedly tracked Osama down? Why do films like these matter?

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[Video]: Small and Weak – Judd Apatow

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:01:26 +0000

Writer-director Judd Apatow (The Forty Year Old Virgin, Freaks and Geeks, Anchorman, and many more) discusses being the small kid in the playground, learning to write comedy for standups, and making art that matters.

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