Jodie Foster Interview: Big Studio Movies Are Making a "Huge Mistake"

Any time Jodie Foster stars in a movie, it's an event. One of our finest living actors, Foster gives every project, from indies to major studio releases, instant credibility. Whether she's possessing immense gravitas or infectious charisma across a wide variety of genres, few people are doing it as exceptionally and effortlessly as Foster. After leading the latest season of True Detective and earning another Oscar nomination for Nyad, she has returned with a new film, A Private Life, directed by Rebecca Zlotowski, the French filmmaker behind Other People's Children.

This crime/mystery thriller sees the two-time Academy Award winner in a dense role, placing her in an ominous mystery and going the extra mile to seek justice. In A Private Life, Foster plays Lilian, an American psychoanalyst in Paris, who is shocked by the death of one of her clients, Paula (Virginie Efira), who has taken her own life — or at least, that's what is suspected. Visits from Paula's widower and daughter, along with the discovery of stolen files in Lilian's office, suggest that foul play is in the air. This leads Lilian to undergo an amateur sleuth operation with her ex-husband, Gabriel (Daniel Auteuil), and a session with a hypnotherapist causes Lilian to wonder whether her relationship with Paula began in a previous incarnation.

Foster and Zlotowski took the film to this year's Toronto International Film Festival, where they stopped by Collider's Media Studio at the Cinema Center and spoke with Perri Nemiroff about their new movie. Enjoy the conversation!

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00:16 - Passing Notes
01:04 - What is A Private Life About?
01:42 - What Drew Zlotowski to the Script?
03:40 - Foster's Unique Conversations with Zlotowski Before Filming
06:25 - Pushing The Material Cinematically
08:12 - Creating Hypnosis Imagery
10:04 - Foster & Zlotowski's Hypnotherapy Experiences
12:25 - The Most Joyful Moment of Making A Private Life
14:33 - Why Foster Wants to Make French Films
15:43 - Foster Addresses Big Movies vs. Small Movies
19:35 - Foster Teases The Beast in Me

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