Jonathan Demme

“Maybe I’ll wait 24 hours in light of what the fortune-teller said…”

An unusual pick, to say the least.

Thought-provoking picks from the Oscar winner.

“I was trepidatious.”

“I was unable to get the film off the ground…”

The director credited an inspiration who became a peer.

The polar opposite of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’.

A “gigantic turning point.”

A carefully curated list of deep cuts and unappreciated misfires.

“I’ll never escape from that guy.”

“What if we could do something incredibly simple?”

A masterpiece primed for the times.