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Baltasar Kormákur On Iceland’s Oscar Entry ‘Touch’ & Being A Filmmaker Of Many Genres: “People Always Try To Put You In Brackets, And I Refuse To Be Put There”
Baltasar Kormákur’s Touch marks the 5th time he’s repping Iceland in the International Feature Oscar race; it’s also something of a departure - Q&A
As a student in London five decades earlier, Kristofer had fallen in love with Miko, whose father owned the Japanese restaurant where they both worked. As panic about the virus spreads around the world, Kristofer sets out to find his soulmate, resolving to follow her trail wherever it might lead— even back to Miko’s birthplace of Hiroshima — before his memories are lost forever in time. I want to develop as a filmmaker and a human being.” Deadline recently caught up with Kormákur — who is currently in Australia prepping Netflix thriller Apex starring Charlize Theron — to discuss Touch and his desire to be seen as a multi-genre director.
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