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...JHFH: I definitely want to keep directing and working in film. Kieran and I have tossed a few scripts back and forth. But my two main projects are a horror film that actually takes place at Harvard and a Boston kidnapping thriller. I naturally gravitate towards bittersweet comedy, but I’d like to try my hand in some straight drama and straight horror. I’m interested in expanding my horizons...
...JHFH: Well, in the original script Richard Young does die. I don’t want to say that it’s all one big metaphor, but it is sort of metaphorical. There’s a Richard Young at the beginning of the film and a Richard Young at the end of the film, and the two are not the same...
...JHFH: Sure, I think it’s definitely a character piece. It’s a portrait of a family during a time of crisis. The story is more about the family than about the cancer. We delve into the nuances of their lives. They all have their own personal battles, but at the end of the day they’re a family and they come together...
...JHFH: Kieran had the Panasonic HVX camera that we used, and most of the light and sound equipment we got from Georgia State University for free. We were lucky enough to find both professional and nonprofessional actors who were willing to work for free. For one of the scenes we had to have food for the whole family, but we didn’t have enough money to go out and buy a five-person meal. So we went and bought five frozen TV dinners, and we were on such a tight schedule that we didn’t have...
...JHFH: No family is perfect, but you can work with your dysfunctions and still have a strong relationship. He tries to make things perfect with his family before he goes under the knife. Despite perfection being largely unachievable, he really starts to open up to his kids and treat them with respect. But I don’t want to make it seem like the cliché of ‘I’m dying and must therefore come to terms with things in my life.’ He’s not going to die. Nevertheless, cancer...