Imagine this: you’re in your 20s, you’ve never worked in or studied film when suddenly you find yourself producing an indisputably brilliant generational movie. Marianne Slot has now worked as Lars von Trier’s production partner since the 1990s. Over the decades her production company, Slot Machine, has been a cathedral for independent cinema. If producers were gatekeepers, Slot is the person you want holding the keys.
As a producer for renowned filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Lucrecia Martel, and Lisandro Alonso, we asked Marianne Slot about the importance of the creative bond between the director and producer, defending artistic freedom, tough times for independent cinema, and ask her: what does a film producer actually do?
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