While we’re clearly not as enthused as some when it comes to J.C. Chandor‘s period drama A Most Violent Year, one will likely walk away impressed by the lead performance from Oscar Isaac. Co-starring in the film with Jessica Chastain, their history goes back much farther as they both attended Juilliard to train as actors. They’ve now sat down for a two-part conversation on their experience back then, which also featured Isaac revealing that he shed a few tears when he saw Chastain’s break-out in The Tree of Life.
When it comes to their latest project, we said in our review, “While it may not fully reach the heights of its potential, A Most Violent Year is still quite entertaining, and due to the level of artistic craft on display, it’s always a pleasure to watch. I personally found Chandor’s embrace of silence and internal struggle in All Is Lost preferable to the more cluttered drama on display here. Ultimately, Year still signals growth for the director, who has established that he can juggle a film with so many ambitious and unpredictable pieces and still find a measure of truth hiding there in the tangle.”
Check out the conversation, a new U.K. trailer, a clip, a pair of featurettes, and an impressive French poster below:
A Most Violent Year opens on December 31st.