Feb 12, 2021
Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen talks to host Phil
Galasso about his transition into writing and directing
with Falling, a stirring drama he also acts in
alongside Lance Henriksen. The film is about a man who along with
his male partner and adopted daughter is visited by his aging
father who possesses a very different world view and is also facing
the onset of dementia.
“Among other things, [Falling] is a story that
explores communication - whether there are limits to it, whether
there are people that you can't communicate with… (and) are there
people who don't deserve to be communicated with?” Viggo discusses
his writing process, how he makes progress every day and what he
has learned from it: “You have to make mistakes in order to learn.
That's just part of the process, and making a movie or writing a
screenplay is about solving a series of problems, overcoming a
series of obstacles. That's what life is, too.”
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