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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, director of the film Manta Ray.

Director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng premiered his film Manta Ray in the Orizzonti section of the 75th Venice Film Festival. In this interview, he answers with some questions traditional interview questions, as this is no traditional movie; this may be seen in the original way in which it tackles the theme of refugees, the presence of nature of his film, and the impulsive motivation for its title.

Manta Ray: Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend’s life – his house, his job and his ex-wife…

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews S. Craig Zahler and Vince Vaughn, director and actor of the film Dragged Across Concrete.

Director S. Craig Zahler and actor Vince Vaughn talk about their film Dragged Across Concrete, presented out of competition at the 75th Venice Film Festival. Joining forces again after their previous collaboration on Brawl in Cell Block 99, a crime drama with a top class ensemble cast. In this film they talk about the style of the film, shooting moments you wouldn’t normally see in other similar titles and more.

Dragged Across Concrete: Two police detectives find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics is leaked to the media. With little money and no options, the embittered policemen descend into the criminal underworld and find more than they wanted waiting in the shadows.

For the page of the film on the Festival website, click here.

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PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Saeed Al Batal, director of the film Still Recording.

Saeed Al Batal has a contagious smile and fierce eyes. He has told the world the terrible side of a war that does not seem to find an end. The powerfulness of images shot in real time is overwhelming and the intensity of hope that the film conveys will be in your heart forever.

Still Recording: Saeed is a young cinephile trying to teach film rules to other young people in Eastern Ghouta, Syria, but the reality they face is too harsh to respect any rules. Saeed’s friend, Milad, is on the other side of the fence; in Damascus, a city under the control of the Assad regime, finishing his studies in Fine Arts. At one point, Milad decides to leave the capital and joins Saeed in a Douma under siege, where they set up a local radio station and a recording studio. They hold the camera to film everything, until one day it is the camera that films them.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews László Nemes, director of the film Sunset.

After the success of Son of Saul, director László Nemes presents his latest work, Sunset, in main competition at the 75th Venice Film Festival. In this interview, he talks about his interest in this era (the film is set in Budapest, Hungary, in 1913), the techniques he uses to plunge the viewer into the intense situation and the texture and skin of his movies.

Sunset: 1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe. The young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. She is nonetheless sent away by the new owner, Oszkár Brill. While preparations are under way at the Leiter hat store, to host guests of uttermost importance, a man abruptly comes to Irisz, looking for a certain Kálmán Leiter. Refusing to leave the city, the young woman follows Kálmán’s tracks, her only link to a lost past. Her quest brings her through the dark streets of Budapest, where only the Leiter hat store shines, into the turmoil of a civilisation on the eve of its downfall.

For the page of the film on the Festival website, click here.

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PODCAST| David Martos interviews Li Cheng and George F. Roberson, director and producer of the film José.

In the interview we discuss the process of filmmaking executed by Li Cheng, who moved to Guatemala two years ago in order to capture the moment of the country. The producer discusses filming with a short crew.

José is nineteen years old and lives with his fifty year old mother in Guatemala: a hard life in one of the most dangerous, violent and religious countries in the world. José is the youngest son and also his mother’s favorite, who spends his life between the church and the sale of sandwiches. José, on the other hand, lives between crowded coaches and the road on which he delivers the food of a restaurant. Resigned and disenchanted, in his spare time he plays with his phone and has occasional sex.

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PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Bassam Jarbawi and Yasmine Qaddumi, director and actress of the film Screwdriver.

Director Bassam Jarbawi talks about his film Screwdriver (Mafak), which he premiered in the Giornate degli Autori strand of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. On this interview, he is also joined by Yasmine Qaddumi, who plays one of the main roles of the film. Topic of this interview include the theme of imprisonment, the blurring of reality and an imagined reality in the film, and more.

Screwdriver: After fifteen years of imprisonment, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the hero everyone hails him as. Unable to distinguish reality from hallucination, he unravels and forces himself to go back to where it all began.

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PODCAST| David Martos interviews Paul Greengrass, director of the film 22 July.

Paul Greengrass describes who he collaborated with the victims in order to film an accurate movie. He speaks also about the other film on the attacks, Utoya, presented last February at the Berlinale.

22 July: Paul Greengrass tells the true story of the aftermath of Norway’s deadliest terrorist attack. On 22 July 2011, 77 people were killed when a far-right extremist detonated a car bomb in Oslo before carrying out a mass shooting at a leadership camp for teens. 22 July uses the lens of one survivor’s physical and emotional journey to portray the country’s path to healing and reconciliation.

For the page of the film on the Festival website, click here.

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PODCAST| Chiara Nicoletti interviews Jacques Audiard and John C. Reilly, diector and actor of the film The Sisters Brothers.

The Sisters Brothers represents a series of first times for director Jacques Audiard. It is his first film in English, it is his first western and it is the first time the initial idea doesn’t come from him but from one of the two protagonists, John C. Reilly and his wife who proposed him to direct the adaptation of Patrick De Wit’s novel on the big screen. The Sisters Brothers is in competition at the 75th Venice Film Festival and that’s a first time as well considering that Audiard has always presented his film at the Festival de Cannes. The director along with John C. Reilly describe how they found the right balance between the classical elements of the western genre and a story that it’s about broitherhood, family as it depicts two brothers (Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix) and their relationship.

The Sisters Brothers: Charlie and Eli Sisters live in a wild and hostile world. They have blood on their hands: the blood of criminals and innocent people alike… They have no scruples about killing. It’s their job. Charlie, the younger brother, was born to kill. Eli, however, dreams of living a normal life. They are hired by the Commodore to find and kill a man. From Oregon to California, a ruthless hunt begins, an initiatory journey that will test this insane bond between the two brothers. A path that leads to their humanity?

To discover more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST| Chiara Nicoletti interviews Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn, actors of the film The Favourite.

In a film centered on three women (Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz) in the early 18th century at the Queen Anne’s court, The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos, in competition at the 75th Venice Film Festival, Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn play respectively Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, a young, dressed-up and noble aspiring prime Minister and a courtier Samuel Masham. The actors describe their work on their character and how original and refreshing is Lanthimos’ look on a period film.

The Favourite: Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen’s companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfil her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.

To discover more about the film, click here.

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PODCAST| Nicolò Comotti interviews director David Cronenberg.

FRED Film Radio has the honour to talk to one of the most influential voices of today’s cinema: David Cronenberg. Mr. Cronenberg is here in Venice to receive the Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

To discover more about this special event, click here.

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