”The film is
shoot in Atlantic City. I've always wanted to go there because everyone seems
to think it's the most dystopian place on earth. It's only a two hour
drive from New York and I wanted to see Baltimore as well which is just a bit
further down. I Imagined those two places would enrich me with a broader and
maybe a more accurate view of the U.S than the parts of the big cities I´ve
seen so far. There is also a vast number of films made about Las Vegas but
very few about Atlantic City. I rented Louis Malles Atlantic City
starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon and Owning Mahowny with
Philip Seymour Hoffman to see if they could tell me more about it. This film
isn't a depiction of the city or its people, its more an attempt of showing the
traction I felt to it even when you take away all the people, the gambling
and the casinos. The film stars my dear friend James Kendi. He wears clothes
from his own New York based label Kendi”.
Director Daniel Eskils speaking about his film Kendi (Eskils Junker film).
