2.24 Filmmaker Interview with Rebecca King and Nina Yndis

02/08/2024 29 min Temporada 2 Episodio 24
2.24 Filmmaker Interview with Rebecca King and Nina Yndis

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Send us a textIn today's episode, I interview director Rebecca King and actress/producer Nina Yndis about their film "Elsa" about a tense love triangle between a Norwegian civilian woman, her adoring neighbor and a German soldier during World War II. The film will be showing this August at the Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival.Listen to hear about where Rebecca and Nina got the inspiration for the story, what challenges they faced making the film, and if they worried about sharing the name of their film with a certain animated character.Books recommended in this episode include:Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy WallaceThe Book of Wilding: A Practical Guide to Rewilding, Big and Small by Isabella TreeDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk and Antonia Lloyd-JonesNei og atter nei by Nina Lykke (No, A Hundred Times No)Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well by Tim Spector (the audio got cut off a bit when Nina mentioned this book so you won't actually hear it mentioned in the episode)Films mentioned in this episode include:“Elsa” directed by Rebecca KingHigh and Low directed by Akira KurosawaRatatouille directed by Brad BirdParasite directed by Bong Joon-hoBurning directed by Lee Chang-dongCabaret directed by Bob FossePulp Fiction directed by Quentin TarantinoJoker directed by Todd PhillipsToy Story directed by John LasseterBabe directed by Chris NoonanFrozen directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris BuckBean directed by Mel SmithGrease directed by Randal KleiserFollow the film on Instagram @womenlikeelsa. Rebecca is @rebeccajking_ and Nina is @ninayndis.Support the show