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Mike Leigh’s gloriously inefficient filmmaking process
“I can’t tell you about the character because there is no character.”
Mason Currey
Nov 13
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Chantal Akerman’s methodology
“If you start with no ideas, something happens.”
Mason Currey
Jun 12
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A master class in creative doubt
And what to do with it, featuring the Iranian director Jafar Panahi
Mason Currey
Jan 23
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David Lynch on being true to your ideas
Plus his devotion to daily routines, meditation, Bob’s Big Boy, and sugar!!!
Mason Currey
Jan 24, 2022
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Joanna Hogg’s art of perseverance
“You do all the things that are not right, but they all contribute to the thing that will be right in the end.”
Mason Currey
Nov 8, 2021
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Subtle inspiration: a grab bag
Kubrick’s willpower, Nicole Eisenman’s mantra, Baldessari’s “Johnisms,” and other nuggets from my move-scattered brain
Mason Currey
Jun 14, 2021
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Hayao Miyazaki, creativity, and selfishness
Watching a four-part documentary on Japan’s irritable genius of animation
Mason Currey
Jan 11, 2021
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Filmmaker Erin Lee Carr's quarantine routine
"I’m on 8–12 phone calls a day, always whittling down a to-do list, and definitely still prioritizing coffee."
Mason Currey
Aug 3, 2020
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Roberto Rossellini on his "absolutely spontaneous" filmmaking process
Plus: How do creators create when life is literally falling apart?
Mason Currey
Mar 9, 2020
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