Murdering Your Darlings: Mark Powell
Interview by Johnny Damm JD: I’d like to start by asking you about what must be the largest logistical change here, shifting the war memories from WWII to Vietnam. What dictated this choice and at what point in the process did it occur to you? MP: This was a very late, and reluctant, change. As the story developed the age of Elijah proved to be a continual stumbling block. Simply put: he was too old to make believable certain moments. I wanted him to be a WWII vet for sentimental and thematic reasons. The lateness of this change is proof of my ...
