The second of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the thoughtful, patient Ildikó Enyedi, director of the equally thoughtful and patient Silent Friend. Wilson connects with the Hungarian director over her pensive approach to the natural world, the special place that HKIFF holds in her experience as a filmmaker, and her admiration of star Tony Leung… whose interview with Wilson is also at the end of this episode!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
03:03 - Enyedi interview
04:16 - Working with Tony Leung
06:15 - Enyedi's relationship with trees
07:32 - Academia and science
09:36 - Intercutting timelines
12:25 - Dreams, psychedelics, ecology
15:02 - Production process
17:08 - Casting a tree
19:41 - Other Enyedi films
21:34 - Further explorations
23:13 - Enyedi's Deep Cut
25:48 - Tony Leung Interview
28:13 - Outro