5Q's w/: Sam Lembeck "Soil" Director
QUESTION#1: How do your top 3 favorite films influence your filmmaking?:
Fargo, Clockwork Orange, Punch Drunk Love - Movies that take time, are dark but have humor, are pretty to look at even in their darkness.
QUESTION#2: What do you wish someone would ask you about your film and why?:
Are the plants real?
QUESTION#3: What scared you the most about making this film?:
Needing to have all of the plants of different sizes for the growth sequence.
QUESTION#4: You have to choose one to make your next movie: 1) unlimited budget but only a single take of every shot 2) Academy award winning composer, but they're not allowed to watch the film 3) A-list cast, but they're directed using only charades. Which one do you pick and why?:
Unlimited budget but only a single take for sure. I don't like doing many takes anyway. I like being ultra prepared.
QUESTION#5: What's does the future hold for this film and you?:
First, this festival is likely the last screening for this film. Second, I'm writing a feature based on this film and it's themes. Hoping to find financing in 2024.
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