I\u2019ve been making films since I\nwas around 12 just playing with the family video camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NY\nGlam:<\/strong> What film was your directorial debut? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My first full short I directed\nand sent to festivals was at the end of high school I made a project called The\nPresenter. However, I\u2019d say that Jack Turbo is my first foray into the\nprofessional festival circuit as a director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> What is your recent film about? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack Turbo<\/em> is about a young child who\ninserts herself into the life of an elderly man who was once a famous TV action\nstar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> How did you go about casting for the film?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We used primarily Backstage\nthough some talent were people I\u2019d worked with before. Finding our leads was a\nchallenge but as soon as I saw Bradley and Izzy\u2019s audition tapes I knew we\u2019d\nfound them. Instead of sides from our film which has so little dialogue, I sent\nthem sides from Pixar\u2019s UP<\/em> to capture the dynamic of the old curmudgeon\nand hopeful youngster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> What was the most important lesson you had to learn that has had a\npositive effect on your film? How did that lesson happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I think ultimately the film\u2019s\ncreation was a study of my own challenges. I think in so many scenarios I\u2019ve\nbeen John. I\u2019ve been that person who doesn\u2019t want to accept help to accept\nchange. To see my coping mechanisms as the destination, rather than the step on\nthe journey. It takes truly opening up and accepting you need help that allows\nchange. Especially for men, who are told from childhood to be more insular and\nreserved with sadness, loss, and defeat, that recognition is important. Without\nit, we can solely express ourselves with anger which just pushes others away\neven faster. We\u2019d all be lucky to welcome that company into our lives that will\nlet us know we\u2019re not alone. That we don\u2019t have to get better alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> Tell<\/strong> us a bit about\nthe other films you\u2019ve made and your other projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve lived a lot in the world\nof speculative genre film. I love science fiction and fantasy and I love how\nthose genres can create these fun and engaging worlds that still speak to those\ncore feelings of what it is to be human. Also, I just love making things for\nfellow nerds out there and Jack Turbo<\/em> is truly a love letter to other\ngenre works that inspired me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I also have a webseries that I just wrapped season one of, wherein I make a new cocktail every week with a novice to alcohol, my friend Carson. It\u2019s on YouTube called A Tall Order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> What role have film festivals played in your life so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Festivals have\nbeen a great place to go even when I wasn\u2019t in the fest itself to meet fellow\nfilmmakers and learn the craft from them. It\u2019s vital to get out there and build\na network and have people because who knows what opportunities are out there to\ntell stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> Is it harder to get started or to keep going? What was\nthe particular thing that you had to conquer to do either?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I think for me,\nespecially as someone with ADHD, it\u2019s a lot easier to work on something once\nI\u2019m already in it. I have a tendency to hyperfocus on something in a super\nproductive manner. However, I need to get started first and that\u2019s a challenge.\nI\u2019ve found one thing that helps is just making sure the work space I\u2019m in is\nclean and that I feel refreshed. It\u2019s hard to focus when you feel sweaty or\nyour hands can\u2019t reach your keyboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> How has your style evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I think a lot of my early work\nwas geared to recreating the feelings of the things I admired in media. It was\nvery aesthetic and concept driven. It lacked true human characters at their core.\nSo I\u2019m proud of the growth therein where my characters have become more human.\nThe style I have now, which isn\u2019t set in stone yet, is telling stories about\nlittle human things made grand. A man in an office building who believes he\u2019s\nthe king of the world. A woman lost on her journey to the store like a\ncartographer lost on his first journey to a jungle. The young child who finds a\nkinship with an old action hero. I think it\u2019s the little parts of our lives\nthat make us truly human and making those small moments part of the biggest\nstories is all I want to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> What has been your personal key to success? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I think if my idea of success\nis telling stories that matter to people? Just being honest. Anyone, even a\nchild, can tell when something was made to please specific people rather than\ntruly by the creator for the creator. If the art you make is genuine, then\npeople can tell. There\u2019s truly no cheat or way to phone it in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> What are you thinking\nabout doing next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have several scripts I\u2019ve been\nknocking around. As soon as pall of Coronavirus is no longer shackling us I\nwould love to put a few of them into production. My personal favorite is one\nabout a brother and sister on the run from an unseen force that haunts them\nfrom highway to highway. I\u2019d also love to do a second and more robust season of\nA Tall Order. Bringing in experts and guests as well as going to distilleries\nand bars to learn more about the craft for our viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NY\nGlam:<\/strong> Where does your studio want to go from here? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m not currently represented\nby anyone or with a studio but would love to be certainly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exclusive interview with Darcy Thompson – Film Director In his own body of work, Darcy has focused mostly on creating short films that speak to what it means to grow up, be a hero, and fall in love. He hopes to bolster his storytelling tool belt. 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