Dn last spoke with filmmaker Émile V. Schlesser last year for Superhero, an endearing portrait of a young man with Downs syndrome who adopts a heroic identity to confess a lifelong love. At its heart, it was a humbling drama about the masks we all choose to wear on a daily basis. For his latest short Kowalsky, however, Schlesser has successfully flexed his directorial abilities and ventured into a genre that couldn’t be further from the charming textures of Superhero, the world of comic satire. The film is a darkly twisted comedy about the toxic masquerade between the mother and son of a wealthy family whose fortune is crumbling around them. Dn is pleased to share Kowalsky for our audience today alongside an informative conversation with Schlesser where he outlines the melting pot of genre conventions that Kowalsky was born from alongside the screenwriting challenges he faced in creating unlikeable yet compelling characters.
- 6/14/2022
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
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