Baz Luhrmann on His ‘Method’ Process of Filmmaking, if He’ll Adapt ‘The Master and Margarita’ and What’s Next: I’ll Decide ‘By the End of the Year’

variety.com:

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Baz Luhrmann has discovered a surprising result of his stint as head of jury at the Red Sea Film Festival: empathy for film critics. “I’ve never done this before.

I’ve never been forced to sit and watch three to four movies a day,” Luhrmann tells Variety. “It’s given me more compassion for those journalists and people on juries.

And I don’t mean in a bad way, because I’ve got unbelievable energy from it. And it’s not easy — just the amount of movies you see.

But it’s really, really stimulating. I’ve been reminded that, actually, movies can be really powerful and really good.” The movies have also provided Luhrmann with an argument for his decision, not without controversy, to participate in the festival. “When people talk about the Red Sea Festival, my answer is really simple.