Interview: Matt Ross on His Passion for Directing 'Captain Fantastic'

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“My goal was to create a movie that was intellectually stimulating and emotionally moving.” One of my favorite films of the year is called Captain Fantastic, starring Viggo Mortensen as the father of a family he is raising to be “philosopher kings” without the toxic influences of modern society. I first saw it at the Sundance Film Festival and flipped for it, calling it “profoundly intelligent” in my review and including it as one of my favorite films of that festival. The film later went on to play at the Cannes Film Festival, where I saw it again (I really, really love this film) and luckily had the chance to meet up with writer/director Matt Ross for an interview. Ross is most well known as an actor, appearing on “Silicon Valley” as Gavin Belson, but he’s also a filmmaker – this is his second feature film (after 28 Hotel Rooms) and it’s truly wonderful. ›››

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