Sia first announced her plans for her directorial debut, “Music” at the 2015 Venice Film Festival. But the story germinated over fifteen years ago when she penned the short story, still the “Chandelier” singer tells Variety’s Executive Editor of Music Shirley Halperin that she never saw herself as a director.
Speaking as part of Variety’s Power of Women: Conversations, presented by Lifetime, Sia talked about how fellow screenwriter Dallas Clayton helped her find the confidence to direct. “I thought, ‘How hard could this be, it’s like making a music video but every day for 40 days?'”
“Music,” stars Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Kate Hudson. The film also stars Tony and Grammy Award winner Leslie Odom Jr., alongside Sia protégé and breakout star Maddie Ziegler (the upcoming “West Side Story”).
Hudson plays the free-spirited Zu estranged from her family, who suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister,...
Speaking as part of Variety’s Power of Women: Conversations, presented by Lifetime, Sia talked about how fellow screenwriter Dallas Clayton helped her find the confidence to direct. “I thought, ‘How hard could this be, it’s like making a music video but every day for 40 days?'”
“Music,” stars Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Kate Hudson. The film also stars Tony and Grammy Award winner Leslie Odom Jr., alongside Sia protégé and breakout star Maddie Ziegler (the upcoming “West Side Story”).
Hudson plays the free-spirited Zu estranged from her family, who suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister,...
- 10/28/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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