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‘Blitz’ Director Steve McQueen & Star Saoirse Ronan On Creating Esoteric Authenticity For World War II London — Contenders Los Angeles
‘Blitz’ director Steve McQueen and star Saoirse Ronan talk about creating esoteric authenticity for World War II London.
“[The narrative] makes us refocus our gaze,” McQueen said at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles on Saturday speaking about the nuance of adults losing their childlike curiosity. Written and directed by McQueen, Apple Original Film’s Blitz follows the journey of George (Elliot Hefferman), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while his distraught mother searches for her missing son.
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