{"id":18055,"date":"2023-07-31T22:26:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T02:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=18055"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:10:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:10:39","slug":"exclusive-video-interview-morrisa-maltz-on-directing-the-unknown-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=18055","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Video Interview: Morrisa Maltz on Directing \u2018The Unknown Country\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\">Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Morrisa Maltz makes her narrative feature directorial debut with <strong><em>The Unknown Country<\/em><\/strong>, a quiet road movie featuring Lily Gladstone as Tana, a woman traveling across the United States reuniting with family members and searching for a true sense of herself. It\u2019s a stirring film driven by a general outline rather than a specific script that has plenty to say about America and the relationships people build with each other.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.handrehab.us\/js\/js\/wellbutrin.html\">wellbutrin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I had the chance to speak with Maltz about directing her first film, which premiered at SXSW in 2022, and the challenges and opportunities that presented. We also discussed Gladstone\u2019s upcoming prominence in Martin Scorsese\u2019s <strong><em>Killers of the Flower Moon <\/em><\/strong>and how Maltz believes that she should have been well-known all around the world for quite some time now.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video above, and read below for an official summary and where to watch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18056\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18056\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Unknown-Country-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Unknown Country\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Unknown-Country-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Unknown-Country-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Unknown-Country-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Unknown-Country-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Unknown-Country-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Unknown-Country-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Unknown-Country.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lily Gladstone in The Unknown Country. Courtesy Music Box Films<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Film summary:<\/p>\n<p>Reeling from a devastating loss, Tana (Lily Gladstone) is pulled back into the world by an unexpected invitation to her cousin\u2019s wedding. She packs up her late grandmother\u2019s Cadillac and hits the open road, driving from her home in Minnesota to South Dakota.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.handrehab.us\/js\/js\/priligy.html\">priligy over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> After reconnecting with her Oglala Lakota family, Tana sets off to retrace a surreal journey that her grandmother took decades ago, searching for the spot captured in an old family photograph. As she travels, Tana finds connection in the stories of everyday people who\u2019ve settled down far off the main roads including Isaac (Raymond Lee), who provides a pivotal clue to understanding the lost location that could cultivate closure. A personal reverie summoned from a beguiling mix of fact and fiction, THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY is an arresting debut feature from Morrisa Maltz.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.handrehab.us\/js\/js\/neurontin.html\">neurontin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/abe-friedtanzer\/\">Check out more of Abe Friedtanzer\u2019s articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"enT3zQzvhGw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters July 28\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/enT3zQzvhGw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>The Unknown Country<\/em> <\/strong>opens July 28<sup>th<\/sup> at the Quad Cinema in New York City and The Nuart in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Morrisa Maltz makes her narrative feature directorial debut with The Unknown Country, a quiet road movie featuring Lily Gladstone as Tana, a woman traveling across the United States reuniting with family members and searching for a true sense of herself. It\u2019s a stirring film&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[10509,5246,15844,243,17134,15344,9333,134,10041],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Exclusive Video Interview: Morrisa Maltz on Directing \u2018The Unknown Country\u2019 | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Morrisa Maltz discusses making her feature directorial debut The Unknown Country and working with star Lily Gladstone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=18055\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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