On July 24 Movie Buzzers had the pleasure of attending a screening of Killer Joe followed by a Q&A session at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. In attendance were stars Matthew McConaughey and Gina Gershon, screenwriter Tracy Letts (who also wrote the original play), and award-winning director William Friedkin. Though the panel was laid back, Friedkin was a bit more animated than his collaborators as he spoke about what drew him to the film (its his second time adapting a play by Letts), what he doesn’t like about current movies, and other key points about filmmaking. McConaughey had a lot to add as well, and surprisingly revealed that he found it a lot harder to make movies like The Wedding Planner than a movie like Killer Joe (however, his explanation makes perfect sense).
My camera didn’t make it until the last few minutes of the Q&A (it lasted longer than I expected — and also longer than the staff at Lincoln Center expected, since they were respectfully trying to get Friedkin to wrap it up) — but it was a great opportunity to get to know some of the thought process behind this very twisted, but very entertaining film! Again, I thought the movie was fantastic, and you can check out my review here!
Check out the photos below, and then you can watch the video below:
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- Director William Friedkin
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- Gina Gershon
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- Friedkin and Writer Tracy Letts
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- Matthew McConaughey
Special thanks to the Film Society of Lincoln Center for inviting us! You can check out their coverage (with admittedly much better video) here!
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