‘Zion’ Director Praises Netflix for Keeping Short-Form Alive: ‘A Little Film School Dream Come True’
Short-film director Floyd Russ admits he’s a bit of a neurotic. If someone can’t find him, he’s probably locked in a room with his writing buddy furiously mapping out all the things that could go wrong and right on his next shoot.
For “Zion”– his recent short about an Ohio wrestler born without legs — Russ only had a few shooting days to get what he needed. But nothing prepared him for what would happen while filming his first interview.
“It was terrible,” Russ told TheWrap’s Steve Pond at a Q&A after a Netflix Doc Shorts showcase on Wednesday, which featured his short after the streaming service picked it up at Sundance earlier this year. “[The interview] was an hour and a half. It wasn’t until [Coach Donahue] started crying with 10 minutes left. That’s the 10 minutes we used.”
While the short clocks in at only 11 minutes, “Zion” features...
For “Zion”– his recent short about an Ohio wrestler born without legs — Russ only had a few shooting days to get what he needed. But nothing prepared him for what would happen while filming his first interview.
“It was terrible,” Russ told TheWrap’s Steve Pond at a Q&A after a Netflix Doc Shorts showcase on Wednesday, which featured his short after the streaming service picked it up at Sundance earlier this year. “[The interview] was an hour and a half. It wasn’t until [Coach Donahue] started crying with 10 minutes left. That’s the 10 minutes we used.”
While the short clocks in at only 11 minutes, “Zion” features...
- 11/29/2018
- by Omar Sanchez
- The Wrap
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