Summary
A24’sWarfareis officially Oscar-nominated filmmakerAlex Garland’shighest-rated project to date.
They also break down why the ending includes the photographs of the soldiers involved.
Alex Garland explains how the edit was unlike any of his previous films.
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COLLIDER: I really want to start with congratulations on the movie.
What was the edit like in terms of finding the cut?
Did you have deleted scenes?
Were there things removed?
Or was it pretty much exactly what you guys envisioned?
But then, within the scene, it would depend on the scene.
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Ray, you should speak to your eye for detail.
That’s the goal.
How did you decide that was going to be the ending?
How did you decide that was going to be the closing of the film?
Once you’ve left it, the film just feels over.
So, it’s like it’s done.
We don’t venture to pretend that something was happening that wasn’t happening.
They’re not a credit sequence; they are actually part of the film itself.
There are going to be a lot of people who are going to love this movie.
MENDOZA: I would say the amount of responsibility we allowed the cast to have.
They had a lot of autonomy.
I gave them objectives.
Each character had their role and things they needed to do.
I set it up that way.
But something special did happen.
I’ve worked on sets with a semi-big, large cast, and they just don’t gel.
What was special about these guys is that they were all young.
They were chosen for being youthful, but they genuinely embodied…
They just all clicked.
Hopefully, they get to see that.
I mean, I was jealous because I wanted to be a part of it.
It was like looking into a window into the past.
It was surreal for me.
Do you want to add anything, Alex?
I felt for those actors at that moment.
That must have been quite intimidating, actually.
Warfareis in theaters now.
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