Interview: Yorgos Gousis – Magnetic Fields

Date:

In anticipation of the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Yorgos Gousis, whose debut film Magnetic Fields is Greece’s official submission in consideration for the Best International Feature Category. Gousis discusses the origins of the project, shot at the height of COVID on a handheld MiniDV Camcorder, with an outline of a script and a crew of seven to shoot a highly improvised love story/road movie. Channeling 1990s aesthetics, Gousis discusses inspirations and how he utilized almost all the footage shot over the day period of production.

Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell
Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

Share post:

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

Popular

More like this
Related

Romería | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Blood Relatives: Simon Treads Familiar Water with Continued Autofiction After...

Fuori | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Hoosegow Girls: Martone Pays Delicate Tribute to Goliarda Sapienza ...

It Was Just an Accident | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Phantom Limb: Panahi Treads Ripples of Retribution Jafar Panahi continues...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Mario Martone’s Fuori

In an even split, and in two different waves,...