Ep 603: Sally Potter Returns

The filmmaker Sally Potter (“Orlando”, “The Party”) makes her second appearance on the podcast. She discusses her latest feature film, “The Roads Not Taken”, starring Javier Bardem as a man who is experiencing the alternative lives he may have taken, which appears as mental illness to those around him. The film opened last week theatrically.

The filmmaker Sally Potter (“Orlando”, “The Party”) makes her second appearance on the podcast. She discusses her latest feature film, “The Roads Not Taken”, starring Javier Bardem as a man who is experiencing the alternative lives he may have taken, which appears as mental illness to those around him. The film opened last week theatrically.

Filmmaker Sally Potter (“Orlando”, “The Party”) makes her second appearance on the podcast. Her latest film, “The Roads Not Taken“, premiered last Friday, March 13th, in both NYC and Los Angeles. We will stay in touch about this film regarding how you may see it over the coming weeks and months.

Adam Schartoff & Sally Potter in NYC

Sally Potter’s film follows a day in the life of Leo (Javier Bardem) and his daughter, Molly (Elle Fanning), as she grapples with the challenges of her father’s chaotic mind. As they weave their way through New York City, Leo’s journey takes on a hallucinatory quality as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future.