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Apr 2015
59m 46s

'True Detective' Director Cary Fukunaga ...

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Cary Fukunaga, the director of such edgy films as Jane Eyre and Sin Nombre, not to mention the often discomforting first season of True Detective, still has a fear of clowns. Fukunaga is now remaking Stephen King's It, and he told a crowd at the Tribeca Film Festival that in his mind, he still sees the same haunting image of Pennywise the clown that he saw as a kid. 

Hear Fukunaga's full conversation with veteran independent film producer James Schamus.

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