After a twelve-year absence, the revered indie director Whit Stillman has just finished filming a new movie—at last. The December 2010 First Things offers the first extensive profile of Stillman in years, an exclusive look at his exile from Hollywood and his struggle to get funding for a new project. Mara Altman—a former staff writer for the Village Voice , who has written for the New York Times and New York Magazine —has delivered a compelling and sympathetic look at one of our nation’s finest movie directors, on the eve of his hoped-for comeback.
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