“We are in complex, corona’d post. So, the director is in Italy, the editor is in Germany, we are [in the USA] in various places, and we Skype together, and we work on the movie together, and then we see cuts. So we are in the editorial phase, and we’ve actually been doing it all week this week in the mornings, for time zones, and it’s going really far better than it should, considering where we all are.”
Now those are some professionals, and we are beyond grateful to hear everyone’s staying safe while still crafting a movie to their satisfaction. Goldsman went on to highlight one facet of why things are going so well: Its star power. “Michael B. Jordan is so extraordinary, and the object is very singular in that way. It’s kind of a delivery system for this performance. I like it, I think you’ll like it.”
Goldsman also commented on the lengthy trail to the screen Without Remorse took (saying that he found the Shawn Ryan take “wonderful. I have admired that project for literally the better part of a decade, in screenplay form”). In explaining why a project with so many roadblocks and hands along the way appeals to him, the writer/producer got appealingly philosophical: