From the moment he read Joanna Rakoff’s memoir about literary New York, Philippe Falardeau knew his eighth movie, 'My Salinger Year,' would be his first with a female protagonist
"Looking back over the years and seeing other directors that opened Berlin — the Coen brothers, Wes Anderson and Isabel Coixet and so on — I have to pinch myself,” says Philippe Falardeau."I’m honored to be part of that list."
From the moment he read Joanna Rakoff’s memoir about literary New York, Philippe Falardeau knew his eighth movie,"I’ve never been as excited about one of my films, because it’s told from a woman’s perspective," says the Quebec director, who rose to prominence with the Oscar-nominated classroom dramaNow Falardeau, 52, finds himself opening the Berlin Film Festival with this Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver starrer.
During a recent conversation, the director talked about capturing 1990s New York onscreen, Qualley’s range as an actress and why Salinger was ahead of his time.In the 1990s, it was a time when the internet was gaining importance, and some people were saying this is the future, and others insisting it was just a trend.
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