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‘Mile End Kicks’ and ‘Roommates’ Director Chandler Levack on Collaborating With Adam Sandler and Exploring ‘Gender Envy’ in Semi-Autobiographical Film
- Levack explains Mile End Kicks as a semi-autobiographical project rooted in a 2011 Montreal summer that shaped her voice as a writer and filmmaker.
- The through line to Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill anchors the film’s exploration of art, memory, and gender dynamics.
- Barbie Ferreira was cast as Grace after a South by Southwest recommendation and a direct, compelling audition process.
- Levack describes Adam Sandler as a filmmaker who deeply believes in others and provided her essential early career support.
- Sandler supported Levack’s dual role directing Mile End Kicks and Roommates, highlighting his commitment to women-directed stories.
- Levack points to the film’s core questions about why women date men in bands and how gender dynamics shape art.
- The semi-circle scene outside a circle of men is described as the most painful to shoot for Levack.
- Roommates, written by Levack, stars Sadie Sandler and Chloe East and represents a continued collaboration with Happy Madison.
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