William Tell - Spectrum Culture

Interview: Nick Hamm on "William Tell"

The director talks about looking to a legend of Swiss history to find something to say about the contemporary world in this rousing epic. The post Nick Hamm on Hitting a Bullseye for Modern Times with “William Tell” appeared first on The Moveable Fest.

William Tell - Spectrum Culture

The legend of William Tell, the Swiss folk hero who was an expert marksman and mountain climber, dates back to the 1470s. Still, its consolidation throughout history possibly reaches its most diluted form in William Tell. To whatever degree Tell—whose first name was more accurately “Wilhelm”—actually existed, he was the face of a rebellion borne by tyrannicide that led to the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy in the early 1300s. By the late 15…