iso: my own Western

in thrall to uneasy rule of law and reputations with precedent.

Soon after we wrapped production on Sparks, my first feature, I started fantasizing about how the arc of my filmography might develop, and, modeling the possibilities on the careers of filmmakers I admired, I figured that sooner or later I should adapt a novel.

I predicted this adaptation would not occur until after I’d proven no fewer than three times t…