Director speaks with The Globe about the cinematic jumps and lunges required to get Balestra from the mat to the screen
-esque plot focuses on an American fencer named Joanna who turns to lucid-dream technology to sharpen her game – themarks a thrilling elevation in style and ambition for Dorsey , who here gets a big-budget boost in resources and star power after her low-budget debut feature, the 2019 thrillerAhead of the film’s release next week, Dorsey spoke with The Globe and Mail about the cinematic jumps and lunges required to getI know this film has been in the works for a while, but the eventual release...
Being a filmmaker is already so tumultuous that I’ve come to expect at this point in my career that everything can fall apart at any minute. We tried to make the first iteration of this movie pretty early in the pandemic, which is when we reached our first halt. Schedules completely shifted. But when the project came to light again, I was just thrilled it wasn’t dead. I love those actors and hope to work with them at some point in my career, but the delay breathed life into the story.
How much of the story shifted? Initially, there was talk about there being two versions made at the same time: a film and a limited series. Originally, it was more of a traditional feature structure. But then there was an opportunity to do something that was in chapters, a new format. In Canada, it was always going to exist as a feature. But perhaps worldwide it could be presented differently, an unconventional undertaking. But the heart of the story itself has always remained the same.I would say … ever since I picked up Imran Zaidi’s script .
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