First, the three of us holed up in winter in a cabin and took the 500 hours down to twelve hours. Then we found an editor, Lambis Haralambidis. He took that twelve hours and brought it to five. Then we… — Sam Pressman Copy Share Image
Because of Walter, we did it the other way around. We also worked with an awesome sound designer named Will Patterson who just worked… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
First, the three of us holed up in winter in a cabin and took the 500 hours down to twelve hours. Then we found… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
There were the classic challenges any tourist faces, like getting lost, getting sick, losing things, getting in a fight... All these things happened numerous… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
Fitzcarraldo is that metonymic character that's unwilling to give up on his dreams. Meeting Walter was the point in which all of these dreams… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
The lessons learned on a pure practical production standpoint were immense. It instilled a faith that you can accomplish what you want if you… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
I worked on "Tree of Life." It was just magical. It was like a little family. A fleeting, beautiful alliance to forge something meaningful.… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
Herzog and Malick both have this very unique naturalist intentionality to their process. It's about creating the mood, creating the focus and having discipline,… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
It was Herzog, the man himself. He was so welcoming and kind and not at all the persona you'd seen in a magazine, or… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
The biggest lesson we took was when Werner [Herzog] said in a meeting with us that the mother of all challenges is to get… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
Fitzcarraldo is a mad dreamer. He's willing to sacrifice everything in order to make his vision of an opera house. That metaphor of pulling… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
Malick is so far on the other side of the spectrum in terms of his character. Malick is a complete recluse, and not at… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
It's organic. It's like a river. One stream comes in and it meets another stream and becomes the Amazon. — Sam Pressman Copy Share
At one point, we were stuck at the border of Peru and Colombia and met this large Haitian population that was stranded there without… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
So to watch that production was just the most insane vision of a filmmaker being unrelenting in his will to create. Learning more about… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
What we definitely agree with Walter on is that filmmaking is teamwork. It's one of the only arts that is truly based in the… — Sam Pressman Copy Share
