“There is an unspoken emptiness that hangs boldly over Foxcatcher, which is sure to be one of the subtly darkest films made by a major Hollywood studio this year,” we said in our Cannes review. “The film’s Pennsylvania ranch initially appears like a gorgeous emblem of American society, sparkling with the country’s ideological symbols of majestic plains, galloping horses, and sizable, but not elegant, mansions. But there also seems to be a totalitarianism hanging over these as well, a kind that makes one second guess the images presented onscreen. The dread that sits over Bennett Miller’s superbly directed, bleakly dystopic view of American life is palatable in every moment without ever feeling overwhelming, simply sitting in the empty spaces that separate the physical bodies.”
With the film now rolling out in theaters, the director has been doing the press rounds and one worthwhile event was a one-hour masterclass given at the New York Film Festival. We now have the audio in full courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center in which the director talks about documentary vs. fiction, how he molds his characters, and much, much more. Check out the conversation below along with a 30-minute Q&A from this September in which Miller discussed his debut film, the documentary The Cruise. For more on Foxcatcher, watch over three hours of interviews with the filmmakers, and more here.
Update: See the full video below
Foxcatcher opens on November 14th.