Q&A with Daniel Bloom
A conversation with filmmaker Daniel Bloom on his short film, Inside the storm.
How did you first get into filmmaking?
It’s weird, for something that now seems so important for how I define myself, I don’t remember the first film I watched, or the first time I felt films are especially meaningful to me. It’s like my past has been rewritten and that choice of medium and the sense of purpose it brings was always already there.
I do remember being blown away by Spielberg’s films at a young age, especially ET and AI (still his greatest). I think that’s an important memory to keep as a filmmaker who aligns himself more with the intimate and the abstract: That your roots are at least somewhat there, and you are still in conversation with them.
Later on, I think the discovery of disparate filmmakers like David Lynch and Chantal Akerman (among many others) has broadened my perception of what cinema can do with the audience’s attention and with time, and gave me the confidence to believe that I can make films too.
What was your creative process for this film?
I was studying at film school at the time and felt frustrated with some projects. I was processing a break-up. There was a sense of being stuck, and subsequently a feeling of dislocation in my life. The first draft was written pretty much in a single moment, walking around in Jerusalem and finding the structure of the film. I tried to make something quick and dirty that felt like witnessing a raw nerve.
What projects are you working on next, and how can people who are interested best support or follow you.
I am currently working on a second short. It’s titled “Disappearance”, and everything else stems from that. It is about Anna, who chooses to abruptly disappear from her life, without understanding why she chose that, as if some force has led her to rip herself from everything she knows. What happened? Very excited about that one.
I’m also writing some short stories, don’t know what for yet, but sure I’d figure it out when their time comes.
The best place to follow my work (and for some reason the books I read) is my Instagram.
