screenplay

Just last year, “Anatomy of a Fall” earned nominations for best picture and original screenplay after being overlooked by France.

Still, he read the screenplay with “extreme skepticism. I couldn’t imagine my aesthetic voice could be so applicable to this genre and tone and scale, even though I was a huge fan.”

Besides directing, producing and designing most of the main characters, he co-wrote the screenplay and is the cinematographer, editor and composer, among other roles.

Just last year, “Anatomy of a Fall” earned nominations for picture and original screenplay after being passed over by France.

Stepping from the book and going into the screenplay, when you first got a chance to read it — what did you think of her?