Kurt talks with Canadian actress Sarah Polley, who has just made the leap to directing. Her first feature film, Away From Her, stars movie legend Julie Christie. Twenty-something and recently married, Polley wasn’t interested in young love; instead she based her film on a short story (by Canadian Alice Munro) about a couple dealing with Alzheimer’s disease.
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