Ira Sachs's Little Men trusts boys beyond comic books
"In a way, Little Men refers to the children, but also to all the characters who are trying to figure out who they will become." — Ira Sachs
"One of the hardest things to realize as a child is that your parents are people too. They care about things. They make mistakes. They try to do what they think is the right thing."
That's just one memorable line from Little Men, the latest film from Ira Sachs. This time the Love Is Strange director follows two Brooklyn boys as they try to build a friendship despite their feuding parents.
The boys are clearly at a time of transition, but so too are the adults and the neighbourhood around them.
"In a way, Little Men refers to the children, but also to all the characters who are trying to figure out who they will become," says Sachs.
Today the director joins guest host Rachel Giese to discuss his rather grownup film for young adults, his penchant for stories set in New York, and how the film itself developed in ways unexpected.
"I think you make three films when you make a movie," says the director. "You write one, and you think that's the movie, then you shoot another one and you think that's the movie, that's gonna be it — and then, really, you edit a film and the editing is the one that the audience and the world sees."
Today the director joins guest host Rachel Giese to discuss his rather grownup film for young adults, his penchant for stories set in New York, and how the film itself developed in ways unexpected.
"I think you make three films when you make a movie," says the director. "You write one, and you think that's the movie, then you shoot another one and you think that's the movie, that's gonna be it — and then, really, you edit a film and the editing is the one that the audience and the world sees."