We spoke w/ BillNighy about Living, reimagining Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Ikiru,’ and how he prepares for a big scene. Sundance2022
One of my favorite films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was director Oliver Hermanus’ Living. Based on the Akira Kurosawa film Ikiru, the reimagined version was written by Nobel Prize and Booker Prize winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro and produced by Stephen Woolley. Like Ikiru, Living focuses on a veteran civil servant who’s been doing the same job for decades and has been living on autopilot for many years.
Finally, Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired the rights to Living in North America, so I'd imagine they will release the film later this year in award season. In the press release they said:
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