2024-04-16
31 分钟Director Robert Lorenz discusses his new film, In the Land of Saints and Sinners, with fellow Director Brian Helgeland in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses retaining the film’s authenticity in its Irish cast and texture of its 1970s setting, balancing the tone with moments of humor and severity, and using landscape shots of the remote Irish location to accentuate the mood of the film. The film tells the story of Finbar Murphy, a man living a quiet life in a remote Irish fishing village, eager to leave his dark past behind. But when a menacing crew of terrorists arrive, he is forced to choose between keeping his secret identity hidden, or defending his community from the encroaching violence. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/Events/2024/May2024/LandofSaintsNSinners_QnA_0424
This part of Ireland, the northwest quadrant of the country, is sort of the most remote, least populated, least visited area.
And it's also historically the place that people go to get away and to hide out.
You know, when I went up there and saw how beautiful that place was and which I liked, the idea of contrasting that beauty with this dark story and violence and so forth, yeah, I wanted to take advantage of it.
I wanted to, you know, initially I started, okay, well, we'll start in Belfast, but then I want to make it clear that we're moving far from there.
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In this episode, a man is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins in director Robert Lawrence's mystery thriller in the Land of Saints and sinners.
The film tells the story of Finbar Murphy, a man eager to leave his dark past behind by living a quiet life in a remote irish fishing village.
But when a menacing crew of terrorists arrive, he is forced to choose between keeping his secret identity hidden or defending his community from the encroaching violence.
In addition to in the Land of Saints and Sinners, Lawrences other directorial credits include the feature films the Marksman and Trouble with the Curve.
Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Lawrence spoke with director Brian Helgeland about filming in the Land of Saints and Sinners.
Listen on for their spoiler filled conversation.
Rob and I have worked together twice.
Rob produced two movies that I wrote, but we're here tonight in our preferred incarnation at our preferred place.
So thank you for coming.
Rob's kind of.
He's kind of the poster child for the DGA, I think, in a lot of ways, because he started out as, you know, ended up as a first ad, uh, matriculated to director.
And, uh, I just wanted you to talk a little bit about that kind of journey, of how that all came about.
Uh, yeah, well, I, uh, I moved out here, wanted to direct, write and direct like you.
And, uh, I figured as a young guy that if I got on a movie set, if I was lucky enough, I, as a director, I wouldn't have anywhere near as much experience as the whole crew.
So I thought I better get some experience first.