Director James Gray, Peter Kujawski discuss Armageddon Time
For Peter Kujawski, chairman of Focus Features, it was \u201cvery simple and easy\u201d to greenlight James Gray\u2019s drama \u201cArmageddon Time.\u201d Gray had written the script before the pandemic shut down of March 2020. By that Summer, Kujawski got a call from Roeg Sutherland, a talent agent from CAA, saying he had something that he should look at. Sutherland knew Kujawski was a \u201cgigantic fan\u201d of Gray\u2019s work and he was in a position to say yes to the project.\xa0\u201cI was predisposed because of my fanship,\u201d Kujawski reveals. \u201cThe movie literally could have been about young James Gray just building a model rocket, and I would have wanted to do it.\u201d Gray, who also produced and directed the film, says he didn\u2019t know of Kujawski\u2019s admiration. \u201cThis is fabulous to hear!\u201d Now Gray and Kujawski discuss \u201cArmageddon Time,\u201d the challenges of making the film during the pandemic, their careers, and Gray\u2019s bad experience working with former film producer Harvey Weinstein.\xa0But first, Kim Masters and Matt Belloni talk about another producer, Eric Weinberg, the criminal charges against him, and the \u201cclub\u201d culture of complicity that allowed him to keep getting jobs in Hollywood.