Video interview: FOXCATCHER director Bennett Miller on working with Steve Carell & Channing Tatum

Video interview: FOXCATCHER director Bennett Miller on working with Steve Carell & Channing Tatum

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There’s a handful of directors working today that I consider truly great at what they do. Among the recent names to work in the industry, Bennett Miller is absolutely at the top of that list. His films aren’t flashy or exciting, just phenomenal character studies with impressive and unexpected performances. He manages to take actors known for a certain type of work, and mold them into something new and unanticipated. He made a star out of Philip Seymour Hoffman with CAPOTE, transformed Jonah Hill in MONEYBALL, and is now showing us dark sides to both Channing Tatum and Steve Carell in FOXCATCHER. Miller excels in taking real life material and capturing it on film in an engaging yet sincere way. His latest film is no exception, and it already being called a surefire awards contender. But it hasn’t been an easy journey. Bennett worked on FOXCATCHER for eight long years, and met with a lot of opposition before winding up where he is with it now. The end result is bleak and haunting, but so very fantastic. I had the honor of sitting down with Miller for a short interview, and you can watch that below. I was happy to see that he was as humble as he is brilliant, and an absolute pleasure to talk to. Check out FOXCATCHER now playing just about everywhere.

FOXCATCHER is now playing at select theaters – if in Dallas, see it at the Angelika Theatre in Mockingbird Station

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About the Author

Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff.