Yes, potential backers worried about the gay subject matter of Andrew Haigh's Weekend, which opened in limited release last weekend.
But they were worried even more, Haigh says, by all the dialogue in the low-budget romantic drama.
"Films seem to avoid that," Haigh, 38, says, prior to a recent screening in Manhattan for the Rooftop Film series. "That frustrates me. There was this real fear of having people talk too much. But in real life, I do a lot of talking. There are a lot of independent films with people talking a lot and, when it's done well, it builds an enormous amount of character. That's what I want to see - I want to understand the characters. But for some reason, people were afraid of it."
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