Conversations with Creatives — Henry Jaglom
I interviewed my pal, the legendary indie film director, Henry Jaglom
One of the sheltering in place side effects for me has been my newfound friendship with the legendary indie film director, Henry Jaglom.
As a teenager, I remember going to the Laemmle theatre on Sunset Blvd to see Henry Jaglom’s film, Eating, a movie about women and their relationship with food. What I remember liking about it was how the entire film was about women. What women thought, felt, feared, and wanted. Women, women, women! This was at a time where women characters were mostly second banana to the men characters. And as an actress myself, this Jaglom guy shined a spotlight directly on women in a way I hadn’t seen before. I left the theatre and immediately told my friend, I want to be in a Jaglom movie one day.
In the early days of the pandemic here in the States, Henry generously posted on Facebook that he was willing to send a link to all of his films for people to watch while they shelter in place. I asked him if I could include the link in my newsletter and he said yes. Then…
