Civil War director Alex Garland clarifies his recent commentary surrounding his retirement. Civil War is an upcoming political thriller surrounding a dystopian future America in which military-embedded journalists face to reach DC before rebel factions overtake the White House. Garland steps in to write and direct Civil War, which features a leading cast including Nick Offerman, Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Jefferson White, and Nelson Lee.
As per IndieWire, Garland has cleared the air surrounding his recent retirement remarks. Check out Garland’s statement below:
“What I said is I’m going to take a break from directing for the foreseeable future. How that could get extrapolated as what pride I do or do not feel in this movie. I just don’t see the connecting thread. I said I’m going to stop directing for the foreseeable future. Why would a statement like that be taken and picked over or interpreted to that degree? There’s something weird happening there. There’s something strange about that … it’s a general strangeness that exists to do with what form public statements take, how they are used, and how words are interpreted or read.”
“Just to go back to the statement, I said: I’m going to take a break from directing or I’m going to stop directing for the foreseeable future. That is such an uncontentious thing to say. I also said what I’m going to do is screenwriting. Screenwriting is filmmaking. You can’t erase screenwriters or DOPs or editors or actors from the process of screenwriting. Filmmaking is not the preserve solely of directors.”
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Source: IndieWire
