Armageddon Time Director James Gray on Filming His Own Coming-of-Age Story

In James Gray’s (The Lost City of Z) latest film Armageddon Time, the director tells the deeply personal coming-of-age story of his own childhood growing up in Queens in the 1980s. The melancholic auto-biopic explores heavy elements of racism and the generational pursuit of the American Dream. Armageddon Time follows rising star Banks Repeta as the young Paul, who’s joined by an ensemble cast featuring Academy Award-winners Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain, with Jeremy Strong. In his interview with Collider’s editor-in-chief Steve Weintraub, Gray shares how he learned more from the editing room for The Yards than any of his other films, what film he’d make with the necessary funds, and making an “almost anti-Social Network” film with Armageddon Time. It's a deep dive conversation that you can read below, or watch the video above. #JamesGray #ArmageddonTime #AnneHathaway For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL