Montana

As we continue our journey across the length and breadth of
America, there is one place that we keep returning to with a
frequency that hints at a very strong bond. That place is Montana.
For filmmakers, it offers so many canvases on which to tell stories,
from majestic “Big Sky” scenery to marooned saloons where the
walls talk of the olden days. Over the years we have established
deep friendships in the state with locals who can help either as
extras or with logistics. I feel we have the full tool kit here and it
shows in our work. I am not alone in feeling a visceral sense of
belonging when I step outside Bozeman airport. As the great
American writer John Steinbeck wrote of Montana: “For other
states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection,
but with Montana it is love, and it’s difficult to analyse love when
you’re in it.” This photograph, taken with American model Brooks
Nader, makes me smile. It’s the Crazy Mountains in the background
and as all those who know Brooks will testify, she operates just
outside of sanity. But she is smart, adorable and the camera loves her.