Day 11

Today was spent doing interviews with Billy Ray, co-writer and director of Breach and actor Chris Cooper, who appeared in two of this year’s big studio movies, Breach and surprise movie, The Kingdom. Billy Ray was eloquent and modest with a lot to say about filmmaking and the state of US politics. Chris Cooper was a laconic as many of the characters he plays, and spoke a lot about the craft of acting as well as politics, as well films have strong political content.



In the afternoon was Chris Cooper: In Person, which traced his career, accompanied by clips of some of his more memorable roles.


Straight from this I had to rush down to do another interview with Alan Moyle, director of one of my favourite movies of the festival – Weirdsville. Alan is a fascinating character in the vein of the maverick indie directors of the seventies and eighties, such as John Landis and Lloyd Kaufman.


These interviews still need to be transcribed and edited and will appear in future editions of Film and Festivals Magazine or on their website.