From the company that brought you Ladybird, Midsommar, Moonlight, and more: Four A24 directors sit down and talk about their latest releases .
The panel of emerging A24 directors introduces themselves and their highly specific, often bizarre, indie film projects including 'Husky' and 'Crazy Rich Italians: The Musical'.
Fran Ford discusses the profound impact of learning the term 'lower third' at USC and how she uses tongue-in-cheek captioning as a sentient character in her films.
Russell Mockentall explains how his musical was inspired by a Walt Whitman poem that apparently contains the lyrics to Dean Martin's 'That's Amore'.
A dramatic clip from the film 'Husky' showcases a child successfully renting a car from Enterprise by using his unnaturally deep voice to lie about his age.
"Could I get your date of birth? Yes, 25 years ago."
The panel of directors introduces their pretentious A24 projects, including a film about a deep-voiced child and a musical based on a Walt Whitman poem that is actually just 'That's Amore'.
"My name is Timmy Wypall and I am the director of a movie called Husky"
"I have a movie, Crazy Rich Italians: The Musical"
Russell explains that her musical is based on a Walt Whitman poem that coincidentally contains the lyrics to 'That's Amore', leading to a discussion on A24's love for 'simple stories'.
"It talks about when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie"
"That's in the poem? That's Amore"
Timmy describes the trauma of having a deep voice as a child, which led to him being used by friends to buy alcohol and rent cars, illustrated by a 'clip' from the film.
"Nothing makes you grow up faster than having a low voice early"
"Could I get your date of birth? Yes. 25 years ago"
Timmy reveals that A24 took his lighthearted comedy about a deep-voiced kid and suggested the protagonist die in a fire in the third act, a choice he calls 'brave'.
"What if in the third act we had him, you know, die in a fire?"
"It was a brave choice and I loved it"
The panel of directors introduce themselves and their pretentious A24-funded projects, ranging from a gritty trash-pile drama to an Italian musical based on Walt Whitman.
"My name is Timmy Wypal, and I am the director of a movie that I made about growing up in the Midwest, but having a deeper voice than all the other kids. It's called Husky."
"I'm Russell Mockintall. I have a movie, Crazy Rich Italians: The Musical."
Fran Ford explains her innovative use of 'tongue-in-cheek' captioning that functions as a character, revealing what the protagonist is thinking rather than what they are saying.
"He was the person who first brought the phrase 'lower third' into my vocabulary."
"I like to think of the captions as kind of a character as well."
Russell Mockentall explains that his musical is based on a Walt Whitman poem that apparently contains the lyrics to 'That's Amore,' written with his screenwriter Ryan Sheckler.
"A couple stanzas in, it talks about when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie."
"No relation to the skateboarder."
Timmy Wypall recounts the trauma of having a deep voice as a child, which led to his peers using him to buy alcohol and rent adult videos.
"They started using me to call adult video stores to reserve adult videos."
"Nothing makes you grow up faster than having a low voice early."
