Interview: Simon Poulter & Sophie Mellor on “3 Films That Have Impacted Your Adult Life”

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with film producer Simon Poulter & Sophie Mellor, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Gleaners & I’s impact, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles analysis, and Eraserhead’s influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Simon Poulter & Sophie Mellor also discusses the making the documentary We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher.

• Gleaners & I – Simon Poulter & Sophie Mellor says Gleaners & I is a film they watched quite recently and was made in a similar way to how they made We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher
• Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – Sophie Mellor says she saw Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles at her local arthouse cinema and was blown by it – even more so when you consider the director, Chantal Ackerman, was only 24 when she shot the film.
• Eraserhead – Simon Poulter says he saw Eraserhead shortly after it came out. He had no idea you could make films like this and it is an example of what he calls a permissive film. In that it made him understand you could do whatever you want.