2.24 Filmmaker Interview with Rebecca King and Nina Yndis

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In today's episode, I interview director Rebecca King and actress/producer Nina Yndis about their film "Elsa" about a tense love triangle between a Norwegian civilian woman, her adoring neighbor and a German soldier during World War II. The film will be showing this August at the Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival.
Listen to hear about where Rebecca and Nina got the inspiration for the story, what challenges they faced making the film, and if they worried about sharing the name of their film with a certain animated character.
Books recommended in this episode include:

• Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
• The Book of Wilding: A Practical Guide to Rewilding, Big and Small by Isabella Tree
• Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk and Antonia Lloyd-Jones
• Nei og atter nei by Nina Lykke (No, A Hundred Times No)
• Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well by Tim Spector (the audio got cut off a bit when Nina mentioned this book so you won't actually hear it mentioned in the episode)

Films mentioned in this episode include:

• “Elsa” directed by Rebecca King
• High and Low directed by Akira Kurosawa
• Ratatouille directed by Brad Bird
• Parasite directed by Bong Joon-ho
• Burning directed by Lee Chang-dong
• Cabaret directed by Bob Fosse
• Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino
• Joker directed by Todd Phillips
• Toy Story directed by John Lasseter
• Babe directed by Chris Noonan
• Frozen directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck
• Bean directed by Mel Smith
• Grease directed by Randal Kleiser

Follow the film on Instagram @womenlikeelsa. Rebecca is @rebeccajking_ and Nina is @ninayndis.