Feb 26, 2021
Supernova is the moving story of Sam (Colin
Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci), who after Tusker’s dementia
diagnosis travel across England in an RV to visit family, friends
and places from their past.
For Writer-Director Harry Macqueen, an enormous amount of
research went into ensuring he did justice to the subject of
dementia. “I think the key thing for writing this script really was
several years of spending time with people who were living with
this kind of dementia… Not only did I learn a huge amount about the
medical side of dementia and the biology of it… but also, very,
very importantly, the human element of it.”
Harry discusses his writing process, how to develop complex
characters while maintaining simplicity of narrative, and how
important it is to have a close group of friends you can share your
work in progress with. “I really think that filmmaking and
scriptwriting is not about ego at all… it's about taking
responsibility for the project, [and] for the script.”
Supernova is now available on VOD.
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