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Chloé Zhao Defends Comic-Book Movies: ‘It’s Important to Not Write Off Stories Because We Don’t Consider Them High Art’
When Chloé Zhao was growing up, she dreamed not of directing movies but becoming a manga artist. “But I wasn’t very good at drawing. I wasn’t up to standard,” she said with a laugh during a wide-ranging masterclass about her career on Friday afternoon at the Venice Film Festival. “I wanted to tell stories. I […]
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