We went on the journey that we had been told was the most common journey.
We were basically there as travel agents.
We organized the journey and they did what they wanted to do during the course of the filming.
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The director said his approach to recounting these events was different from that of journalists.
The research varies depending on the film, he said.
Its not research in an academic way.
Angelina Jolie and Michael Winterbottom on the set of A Might Heart, ©Paramount Vantage/courtesy Everett Collection
Its about being in the place and meeting the right people.
Mariane wanted the film to be made.
We had a script but it was also very improvised around what they told us.
We were trying to observe the actors as they were trying to channel what they had been told.
We backpacked across Pakistan.
We were travelling across Pakistan when he was kidnapped and killed, he said.
These days, the average is one every three or four years, he said.
There are lots of funds for first-time filmmakers, more than half of films are made by first-time filmmakers.
