Ira Sachs
Ira Sachs
Ira Sachsis an American filmmaker. His first film was the acclaimed short Lady...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth21 November 1965
CountryUnited States of America
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I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
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Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling.
films
All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.
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Working on the Obama campaign was a life-changer for me. I realized during that campaign that structure is the name of the game, and so, soon after the election, filmmaker Adam Baran and I started Queer/Art/Film, a monthly series at the IFC Film Center in downtown New York that invites queer artists to present the films they love to an audience.
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I've made four films about the destructive nature of relationships, of secrets and lies, and I think I'm no longer interested in that subject - which is a wonderful relief.
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I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not being naive about what is possible and getting what you need to tell the story you want to tell.
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I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time.
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I happened to be staying with my dad and his present 19-year-old girlfriend. So that was really fascinating ? it was a mirror-image kind of experience.
A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I disappear.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from.
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I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
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I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories.
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'How to Survive a Plague' is history-telling at its best. It's a film I'll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It's a movie that I cannot forget.