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Writer Samy Burch takes us inside her screenplay for May December with director Todd Haynes and actors Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, and Charles Melton.
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“A lot of the scenes are [shot in] one take. The space that they hold, the amount of air that they let sit there before saying their next line. I mean it’s a...
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Nov 7, 2023 · An in-person conversation following Film Independent's screening of the Netflix original MAY DECEMBER, with writer Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik (story by), m...
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Feb 22, 2024 · Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik had a busy 2023. The pair got married, and in May, a film they had plotted together, and which Burch had scripted, premiered at Cannes Film Festival.
Nov 29, 2023 · Final Draft sits down with 'May December' writer Samy Burch to talk about taking inspiration from the real-life story, handling delicate material and finding dark humor in this strange story of human folly.
Nov 20, 2023 · Screenwriter Samy Burch wrote the “May December” script to attract an agent—now it’s being hailed as one of the best of the year.
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Jan 12, 2024 · But it’s Samy Burch’s wickedly incisive screenplay that ties May December together, deftly packing its precariously dark premise with provocative themes and an approach that somehow gets...
