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Dec 2023
31m 54s

Saltburn with Emerald Fennell and David ...

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
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Director Emerald Fennell discusses her new film, Saltburn, with fellow Director David Lowery in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, she discusses making an unlikeable protagonist that the audience could empathize with, crafting the story while incorporating the gothic genre, and utilizing cinematography to accentuate feelings of ... Show More
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