Subtle Maneuvers | Mason Currey | Substack

Filmmakers

“I can’t tell you about the character because there is no character.”

Nov 13

“If you start with no ideas, something happens.”

Jun 12

And what to do with it, featuring the Iranian director Jafar Panahi

Jan 23

Plus his devotion to daily routines, meditation, Bob’s Big Boy, and sugar!!!

Jan 24, 2022

“You do all the things that are not right, but they all contribute to the thing that will be right in the end.”

Nov 8, 2021

Kubrick’s willpower, Nicole Eisenman’s mantra, Baldessari’s “Johnisms,” and other nuggets from my move-scattered brain

Jun 14, 2021

Watching a four-part documentary on Japan’s irritable genius of animation

Jan 11, 2021

"I’m on 8–12 phone calls a day, always whittling down a to-do list, and definitely still prioritizing coffee."

Aug 3, 2020

Plus: How do creators create when life is literally falling apart?

Mar 9, 2020

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