Joe Wright on
Darkest Hour 2017
The new film: one month of Churchill in 1940, pared back to a minimalist chamber piece he scored to Max Richter and Philip Glass.
The Big Picture · Interview
Joe Wright Bounces Back From His Darkest Hour | The Big Picture (Ep. 37)
November 22, 2017/ 27 min/ Sean Fennessey
Sean Fennessey talks to Joe Wright about Darkest Hour, recovering from the failure of Pan, and building Churchill with Gary Oldman.
11 films across 1 segment.
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In conversation
Joe Wright on
Pan 2015
The studio movie that lost ~$100M and triggered the crisis of confidence he made Darkest Hour to answer.
Joe Wright on
Pride and Prejudice 2005
His debut; his producer warned only one in ten first-timers ever makes a second film.
Joe Wright on
Atonement 2007
Chosen over a Birdsong adaptation on his agent's advice to make the one he felt he knew a secret about; seven Oscar nominations, none for Wright.
Joe Wright on
Anna Karenina 2012
Cited as the ornate aesthetic he wanted to react against and strip back.
Joe Wright on
The Soloist 2009
His earlier true-story film; he refused a false happy ending for Nathaniel Ayers.
Joe Wright on
Nil by Mouth 1997
Gary Oldman's directorial film, one of Wright's favorites; his Churchill is the first actor-filmmaker Wright has worked with.
Joe Wright on
Dunkirk 2017
Nolan's film covers the same moment; Wright waited to watch it until Darkest Hour was finished and found both had gone minimalist.
Joe Wright on
The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017
His answer for the last great thing he saw; fascinated by Lanthimos's dissociated performances.
Joe Wright on
Lady Bird 2017
He calls Greta Gerwig a heroine and a proper filmmaker thinking about form.
Also mentioned raised along the way
In development Stoner
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Black Mirror
Books Birdsong
Music Hey JudeBubble Butt