Jeff Nichols’ fifth feature film (and second in 2016, after the strange and spellbinding Midnight Special) is Loving, which also looks to potentially be his big breakthrough in terms of both popular appeal and awards prestige – thanks, in no small part, to the support of his studio and producers in spreading the good word about one of Hollywood’s most promising young directors.
With the film now in limited release, producer Peter Saraf and his family visited the Princeton Garden Theater in Princeton, NJ on Friday night to discuss his latest project. Following a screening of Loving, Mr. Saraf held an open Q&A discussion with the audience, in which he touched on such topics as the film’s production process, historical authenticity, political subtext, and the reactions of real people depicted in the film.
On the origins of this project
Loving began with The Loving Story, a 2011 documentary film by...
With the film now in limited release, producer Peter Saraf and his family visited the Princeton Garden Theater in Princeton, NJ on Friday night to discuss his latest project. Following a screening of Loving, Mr. Saraf held an open Q&A discussion with the audience, in which he touched on such topics as the film’s production process, historical authenticity, political subtext, and the reactions of real people depicted in the film.
On the origins of this project
Loving began with The Loving Story, a 2011 documentary film by...
- 12/19/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Ever since his debut feature Shotgun Stories, filmmaker Jeff Nichols has provided a voice for the South with films like Mud, Take Shelter and the action-thriller Midnight Special earlier this year. What he hadn’t done before was to tell a true story taken from a lesser-known part of the South, and a couple whose bravery helped lead to changes in the Constitution, specifically about men and women of different races being able to marry.
Nichols ended up writing and directing Loving, based on the true tale of Richard and Mildred Loving (as played by Joel Edgerton and Preacher’s Ruth Negga), who fall in love in Virginia in the late ‘50s. When she becomes pregnant, they go to Washington, DC to get married, essentially breaking Virginia laws about mixed race married couples. Upon returning home, they’re promptly arrested and the pregnant Mildred is thrown in jail, and they...
Nichols ended up writing and directing Loving, based on the true tale of Richard and Mildred Loving (as played by Joel Edgerton and Preacher’s Ruth Negga), who fall in love in Virginia in the late ‘50s. When she becomes pregnant, they go to Washington, DC to get married, essentially breaking Virginia laws about mixed race married couples. Upon returning home, they’re promptly arrested and the pregnant Mildred is thrown in jail, and they...
- 11/4/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
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