Garth Davis talks about the editing process for Foe, starring Saoirse Ronan & Paul Mescal, and why he chose the sci-fi drama over directing 'Tron 3.'
The Big Picture Garth Davis’ latest film, Foe, is a sci-fi thriller that stars Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in a grim near future study of humanity and artificial humanity. The film is an adaptation of best-selling author Iain Reid’s 2018 novel that deals with thought-provoking issues like interpersonal relationships, AI, and climate change.
GARTH DAVIS: I guess any of my movies. I’d be happy for that. Any of them. Foe is very special to me because it kind of brings all of my filmmaking qualities. I have done commercials for, like, 20 years and done a lot of fictional elements and creative elements. This movie has all that kind of humanity, but there are some sci-fi elements and a bit of genre. So, I guess this is the full spectrum of my filmmaking capabilities in Foe.DAVIS: No. False. Although, that must have been cool either way.
What was it about this material that said, “I have to do this. I’m going to spend the next two or three years of my life making it?” What pulled you in? Obviously, this whole movie rides on the three performances. When did you know that this was going to be something that these guys were going to be great in? They’re all great actors, but you really don’t know the chemistry until you’re all together.
What do you think soon-to-be fans of the film would be surprised to learn about the making of the film? From friends and family screenings or test screenings, or whoever you showed it to, what were the things that you learned that you didn’t expect, that you now needed to go in and adjust in the movie because they told you stuff and you were like, “Oh, fuck. How did I not see this?”
I really wonder what it would have been like for me to see it without that text. I’m actually wondering about that.With this film, was there something else you thought about directing since your last movie, or was this the thing you gravitated towards? I’m just curious if there was something else you came close to.
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