Actor Irrfan Khan and director Anup Singh sat down at the Variety Studio at the Dubai International Film Festival back in 2017 to discuss their drama “The Song of Scorpions.” Watch here:
Actor Irrfan Khan and director Anup Singh sat down at the at the Variety Studio at the Dubai International Film Festival to discuss their working relationship and their latest Hindi language drama…Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot.
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound.
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound.
“Working with Irrfan is working with someone who doesn’t really have any masks when he comes to work,” Singh said. “We communicate without gossiping about anything at all. We can only talk about our work…sometimes a glance is enough to lead us in a certain direction.” “What Anup does is, his way of storytelling is very peculiar,” Khan said. “It leaves spaces for you to form your own story. That’s a new experience for me…It gives me a lot of scope to experiment.”Popular on Variety
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