Click here to listen to the interview. Mike Leigh doesn’t write a script for his incisive, sometimes searing, character studies. Instead, he creates an outline and invites his actors to invent the characters and dialogue that will eventually provide the screenplay. This workshopping usually takes six months, but for HARD TRUTHS, there was not quite… Read More »
Bill Siegel Recounts THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
When I spoke to Bill Siegel on September 19, 2013, it was the day that Bradley Manning, the soldier who had leaked classified documents to Wikileaks, had announced a change of name to Chelsea Manning, an announcement that, for some, was as newsworthy as the actions that had led to her arrest and conviction. It… Read More »