An inexperienced naval officer must lead a convoy through perilous waters in Director Aaron Schneider’s WWII drama, Greyhound.
Schneider’s film tells the story of Captain Krause, a Navy officer on his first war-time assignment: the command of a multi-national escort group defending an Allied merchant ship convoy through the Atlantic just months after the US has entered the war. When the convoy comes under attack by a German submarine wolfpack he must battle the enemy, the elements and his own doubts to see his mission through.
On February 24, Schneider discussed the making of Greyhound in a DGA Virtual Q&A moderated by Director Justine Bateman (Violet).
During the conversation, Schneider spoke about the challenges of overcoming audience expectations.
“It’s a procedural movie. It’s an experiential movie. If we had anything we had to overcome in terms of expectations, it was that everyone probably assumed this was gonna’ be Saving Private Ryan on the water and Tom wasn’t interested in that. In fact, he was interested in doing something somewhat experimental. The film starts, it never stops. It doesn’t try to hit all of the classic narrative peaks and valleys in a three-act structure. It’s trying to immerse you in three hellish days.”
Schneider’s other directorial credits include the feature film Get Low, an episode of Popular and the Academy Award-winning short film, Two Soldiers.
Schneider has been a DGA member since 2000.
You can listen to Schneider's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find more DGA podcast episodes here.
About the DGA Virtual Q&A Program
Mirroring the ever-popular DGA Membership Screening Q&A program in the virtual space, DGA Members can now learn more about films directly from the filmmakers in this series of livestreamed conversations.
