Director Fernando Meirelles on making The Two Popes, City of God and The Constant Gardner

Legendary director Fernando Meirelles joins us to talk about how he made his latest feature The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce. He discussed how the film came about, what his process is like on set, how he worked with massive names including Anthony Hopkins, how he prepares and performs on the day and how he cast Jonathan Pryce. He talks about lighting The Two Popes and his process working with his DoP and how they used oil paintings as reference and used a flat light. How he uses music in his films and why he used Jazz How he edited 45 minutes out of The Two Popes and the importance of a good editor. Being aware of pace in the edit. How he made The Constant Gardner and created the film into 45 minutes in the edit room . He explains how his breakthrough film City of God came about and why he put his own money into the film and what happened after he sold City of God at Cannes And how on The Two Popes Netflix helped and were a brilliant support. The Two Popes is out in cinemas and on Netflix on Dec 20th 2020 WATCH The Two Popes Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OhkFY1PQE&feature=emb_logo LINKS FREEBIES SPONSORS & PROMOS This week's episode is sponsored by MusicBed Promo Code: FILMMAKERSPOD - Get one month of subscription on MUSIC BED for free — or 20% off of a single-song purchase. Just enter promo code FILMMAKERSPOD when you check out. Tickets to the latest MAKEYOURFILM event on 28th Jan 2020 here WATCH A Serial Killers Guide to Life trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395fp-nEkoU Released Jan 17th 2020 Pre Order A Serial Killers Guide to Life here WATCH Star Wars Origins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVSox0qApO4 Phil Hawkins' already cult 'fan film' Raindance Use promo code FUNNYCHRISTMAS for Writing Comedy Kickstart on Jan 20th WATCH The Dare trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aZVm2drjY Dirt in the Gate screenings https://www.cineplo.com/GB/Bournemouth/1735230893370573/Dirt-In-The-Gate-Movies Giles Alderson's website WATCH World of Darkness https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BS35KQ2?pf_rd_p=855cdcfd-05d9-474f-b84d-8286a3530ba1&pf_rd_r=G5Q5NNQZR9PRZNQ4ME5D WATCH Fanged Up https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanged-Up-Daniel-OReilly/dp/B07F83JN6G/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1542670909&sr=1-1&keywords=fanged Follow us on Twitter @filmmakerspod @gilesalderson @robbiemckane @Food4ThoughtDoc @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @philmblog @DirDomLenoir Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com