Indie filmmaker Kelly Reichardt was on tour in Boston, promoting “First Cow,” released just days earlier at the time, when she discovered that due to the COVID-19 outbreak, movie houses were shutting down nationwide. “It’s hard to complain during a pandemic, but it’d be a lie to say it wasn’t a disappointment that it wasn’t in theaters,” says Reichardt. Recently, from her Portland, Ore., home, Reichardt talked about directing animals, why location scouting and scriptwriting go together and the challenge of reaching audiences. I find that [when I’m scouting] you’re meeting people, seeing things. It’s like dog trainers say: “We don’t train the dogs; we train the owners.” We all just tried to not scare the cow.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 16, 2021 13:32 UTC