Casting About
Director in Person
Directed by Barry Hershey.
US, 2004, digital video, color, 86 min.
English and German with English subtitles.
US, 2004, digital video, color, 86 min.
English and German with English subtitles.
Barry Hershey captures the intimacies of the casting process in this compelling collage. The director sorted through over 70 hours of performance footage which included some 350 actresses trying out for three roles in an as yet unfinished period film, Moving Still. The process took Hershey on a journey to Boston, Berlin, Chicago, London and Los Angeles in search of the right actress. Although the footage was originally intended to be included in Moving Still, Hershey was so struck by the intensity of the actresses’ performances that he spent two years working with his editor to craft it into a film of its own.