A Conversation with Willem Dafoe

Part of

56th New York Film Festival

September 28 - October 14, 2018

Dafoe will sit with NYFF Director Kent Jones to discuss his role in Schnabel’s vividly beautiful film At Eternity’s Gate, this year’s closing night selection, as well as his illustrious career and the craft of acting in general.

RUNTIME
60 minutes

Coming off his Oscar nomination earlier this year for his remarkable performance in The Florida Project, a highlight of NYFF55, the always dynamic Willem Dafoe is back at the New York Film Festival with his intensely emotional performance as Vincent van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate. Dafoe will sit with NYFF Director Kent Jones to discuss his role in Schnabel’s vividly beautiful film, this year’s closing night selection, as well as his illustrious career and the craft of acting in general.

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