2024-09-25
29 分钟Director Austin Peters discusses his new film, Skincare, with fellow Director Mimi Cave in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses striving for a more authentic LA than the Hollywood image, creating something within the “Sunshine Noir” genre and working with Elizabeth Banks to discover her character. The film tells the story of skincare mogul Hope Goldman, whose business is thrown off the rails when a rival beauty parlor arrives in her neighborhood. With the help of her friend, Jordan, she seeks to uncover the person intent on ruining both her business and her reputation. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/Events/2024/Oct2024/Skincare_QnA_0924
We felt like it was so important to actually shoot this movie in Los Angeles and make it feel like a movie in a city, you know, the way that so many 1970s american movies that are set in New York feel so much like New York.
And it's almost a documentary while being super cinematic.
And so I really wanted to make a movie that felt like Los Angeles and Hollywood specifically for real, as a neighborhood, not as this idea that people around the world think of when you think of the word Hollywood.
Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the director's Guild of America.
In this episode, the beauty industry is stripped bare in director Austin Peters comedic thriller Skincare.
The film tells the story of skincare mogul hope Goldman, whose business is thrown off the rails when a rival beauty parlor arrives in her neighborhood.
With the help of her friend Jordan, she seeks to uncover the person intent on ruining both her business and her reputation.
In addition to skincare, Peter's other directorial credits include the concert feature Give me future, major laser in Cuba, and episodes of the documentary series more than an athlete.
Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Peters spoke with director Mimi Cave about filming skincare.
Listen on for their spoiler filled conversation.
Um, what a ride that was, right?
Can we get another round of applause for Austin's film?
I got to see it earlier this week, but then I got to see it now again on a big screen, and obviously that's the way it's meant to be seen.
So thank you for sharing that with us.
Thank you guys for coming on the holiday weekend.
It's nice to sit in a theater and watch it.
Yeah, always.
I guess I really just am curious how it all came to be.
This is your first feature narrative, correct?
You've done a feature, doc?