Film

“We were bouncing ideas off each other, and picking up the cuts of each other.”

“We had different noir films that were our touchstones, like ‘Chinatown’ in particular.”

“I revel in being lost.”

“We had to make people feel comfortable enough to laugh, without beveling off any of the hard edges or flinching from the subject matter.”

“It was extremely difficult to find more than the skimpiest info about editors, so I just kept digging and digging.”

“We wanted to do something different, not just from Batman, but from all comic-based films.”

“There were a few dance moves that made my jaw drop.”

“’Ad Astra’ is an existential journey. The further Roy McBride travels out into space, the deeper we go into his soul. It’s really a dive into the subconscious.”

“I recognized early on what this kid was going through and how he felt.”

“This was a huge volume of footage, making it one of the most challenging projects of my career,” says Jordan.