'Being able to step in with no dialogue, have this brand new experience ... it does feel like an accomplishment to have made something in this way.'
The Big Picture It’s been about six years since the release of Elliot Page’s last feature film, but he finally returned to the big screen at TIFF 2023 and did so with an especially ambitious and impossibly sincere project — the fully improvised film Close to You.
PERRI NEMIROFF: Dominic and Elliot, I love talking about when two collaborators find the right creative partner in this industry. Can you tell me about your first meeting together and what you saw in the other that signaled to you, “You're not just good at your own job, but you’re gonna help bring the best out of my work as well?”
HILLARY BAACK: When I found out that the process was gonna be improvised, I was mostly just excited because it's such a fun challenge, there’s so much freedom as an actor. I had a couple of Zooms with Dominic and we also really hit it off. I felt like I could trust him so much, which is so important with this process.
Dominic, I did want to ask you about Catherine and selecting her as your cinematographer here. What was it about her that signaled to you she wouldn't just get the visual style right but she could do something like, what was it? A 53-minute take was the highest you got? Elliot and Hillary, can you tell me something about the other as a scene partner that you appreciated and maybe helped you reach something in your own character that you wouldn't have been able to without them?
I'm gonna end with two big questions. Elliot, I'll throw the first one to you because one of my absolute favorite things to see is when an actor with a big platform uses it to get the movies that they're most passionate about made that maybe wouldn't have been made otherwise.
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