“Sometimes the rules that you put on yourself till you’re figuring out how everything works don’t work in your favor.” Beasts of No Nation, starring Abraham Attah as Agu and Idris Elba, is a helluva film, and I couldn’t wait to talk to the director behind it. The Netflix Original Film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival (read my glowing review) but it wasn’t until just last week in New York City that I was able to catch up with writer/director Cary Fukunaga. Not only did he write and direct it, Fukunaga also shot the film as its cinematographer, and produced it. This is very much his film and he even spoke with me about how there were still sound tweaks he was making up to the last minute. This ended up being a fascinating, in-depth discussion about filmmaking with Cary Fukunaga and I wish I could’ve had more time with him. ›››
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