The legendary indie film producer also shared insights into her dream project and the Hollywood writers strike during a masterclass at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
She added: “I know in Europe this is an old hat, but in America, the idea of eating a meal or having a drink in a movie theater is still relatively new and creating an event where your seat is extraordinarily comfortable with the projections actually decent.” Vachon then joked that “I don’t know if in New York you are ever going to get rid of the subway rumbling.”
Vachon was also asked if she ever had thoughts of making films about folks wearing spandex and saving the world. “Why would anyone have me do that?! That is not where my fantasies go,” she replied. “It would be really great if one of the movies I made a lot of money, but I’m not well suited to make a Marvel movie. I’m just not that interested.”
Is there a dream project she would like to get off the ground? “I really want to do something about the ’80s in New York,” Vachon shared. “I feel everything I’ve seen hasn’t gotten it right. I would say the ‘80s bleeding into the ‘90s, that period in New York City, which was a time of the extraordinary collision of art and music and cinema but also the AIDS crisis, and it was just such an insane, insane time to be there. I just haven’t found that story.
Of course, Vachon was also questioned about the Hollywood writers strike. “I remember the 2008 strike and how devastating that was,” she recalled. ”Killer barely got out of it intact. My concern is: I know a lot of young writers and how hard it is for them, especially the ones who are just getting their career started.”
She added: “Most of the demands on the table are right. The streamers have abandoned the business so much, and they’ve got to make it right. Obviously, Killer supports the writers. We’re not part of the collective bargaining group, we have no power whatsoever. We have made it our business though as a company, to be supportive of writers in every way possible — and directors, nurturing new talents. We have helped a lot of writers get their first breaks.
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