![]() It was not just one thing, it was a lot of things. There are theatre directors but it’s mostly musicians who are acting for the first time. There are absolutely no professional actors in this film. It was 9 to 10 months of auditioning musicians and actors. But we had a very dedicated casting team who really stuck it out. They were wondering what this project was and why they were constantly getting calls about it. The pool was quite narrow because we harassed every Marathi-speaking musician in the state and in the country to come and audition for this film. We auditioned more people than we had for Court. If you’re a musician, you have to be interested in the project to be able to give it so much of your time. Since the primary characters are musicians, they need to be able to perform the music. The actors need to have a screen presence. ![]() ![]() They said it could not be cast for because we were working with so many limitations. When I gave the script to my friends and other people to read it, they said it was great but would ask how I was going to cast the film. They get almost addicted to what they do. “It wasn’t too much of a stretch because even though the truck drivers aren’t in another country, they’re still away from home for long periods of this time and that affects them. Transposing the film to an Indian setting felt like a natural next step. ![]() “One of the first things that the producer of an arthouse film will tell you is that you would be lucky to make your money back,” he says. He initially planned to set Milestone against that backdrop and film it there, but certain logistical roadblocks, like the high cost of production, made him change his mind. As a software developer in San Francisco, where he lived for a decade, Ayr saw firsthand the large community of Indian truck drivers in the US. It’s an accelerated timeline for a film that’s been brewing inside his mind for years. (.) Ayr submitted a rough, soundless cut of the film to Venice and its selection means that he has to squeeze two to three month’s worth of sound editing into the next three weeks. 'Ivan Ayr is two films old and, as of next month, both of them will have premiered at the Venice Film Festival. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |