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‘The Actor’ Director Duke Johnson on Embracing the Film’s ‘Theater Troupe Energy’ and Why André Holland Is ‘Such an Intuitive Actor’
"The Actor" director Duke Johnson discussed how the supporting cast playing multiple characters gave the film a "theater-troupe energy."
“What felt interesting to [Kaufman] about it was that it was in the guise of a crime noir, thriller-type story, but where amnesia is typically used as a device to propel the plot forward, in this book it was more of a way to explore identity,” Johnson tells Variety. Ahead of the film’s release, Variety had the opportunity to chat with Johnson about the “constructed realities” that fascinate him, why a discovery with his “Anomalisa” cinematographer informed his visual style and how even in the unpredictable space of independent filmmaking, he could always rely on the commitment of his lead star and executive producer André Holland. With the works of Charlie Kaufman and films like ‘The Actor,’ while you might not always know what is literally happening on a 1:1 level, you can feel the emotions and trust the filmmaker to take you along for the ride.
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