Inheritance with Neil Burger and Sarah Pirozek (Ep. 529)

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Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Director Neil Burger discusses his new film, Inheritance, with fellow Director Sarah Pirozek in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses the technical choices surrounding his decision to shoot the film on an iphone, how he achieved a “stolen” aesthetic by getting authentic hidden shots of his Actors in the real world, and how the blocking and compositional decisions of the film emerged from the limitations imposed by the “stolen” aesthetic. The film tells the story of Maya, who suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy when she learns that her father was once a spy. In her quest for answers, Maya becomes a target and must travel the globe, mastering her father’s skills and unraveling the mysteries of the past. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/en/Events/2025/March2025/Inheritance_QnA_0225

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0:00.0	This was like a real pallet cleanser to just go back and do something that was, you know, again, in a very sort of guerrilla style.
0:07.2	It was just really liberating to shoot that, to shoot that way.
0:10.4	There was a very small crew.
0:11.8	Everywhere we went, you can, I hope it's clear that we were there, you know, even on the airplane, shooting on the airplanes.
0:16.8	And it has a very, you know, the movie has a very stolen aesthetic. It's, we, you know, we stole most of the, of what we shot.
0:46.2	And, you know, the the Directors Guild of America.
0:51.8	In this episode, a young woman is thrust headlong into an international conspiracy,
0:56.0	and director Neil Berger's thriller, Inheritance. The film tells the story of Maya, who suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy
1:02.0	when she learns that her father was once a spy.
1:05.0	In her quest for answers, Maya becomes a target and must travel the globe, mastering her father's skills and unraveling the mysteries of his past.
1:14.9	In addition to inheritance, Berger's other directorial credits include the feature films The Marsh King's Daughter,
1:21.6	The Upside, Divergent, Limitless, and The Illusionist,
1:26.8	the pilot episode of the series
1:28.3	Billions and episodes of the agency
1:30.9	Following a screening of the film
1:34.2	at the DGA Theater in New York
1:36.0	Berger spoke with director Sarah Pirozek
1:38.4	about filming inheritance.
1:41.4	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:43.5	Music Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
2:03.9	So, as I was watching this amazing film, most recently, your pictures have been big studio projects, the Divergent series, the upside, blue upside blue chip televisions such as the agency,
2:09.2	billions, that sort of thing. But then I was looking at this and thought it came, it really is full circle going back to your first film, the interview with an assassin. And with the documentary feel, the urgency, the sense of urgency,
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