Don't Bring Statistics to a Story Fight

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i like the idea of forced reflection, i make them into slightly venmyin th it makes me think about, like, on the other side, on the less optimistic side. The worst thing you can do is just throw art at them that's super persuasive and has no scientific method involved at all, you know? It's such a fun humbling thought to be, like, i'm ye, sometimes i'm trans i could be translating something important for the masses, and other times i could just be throwing misinformation out there," says Madiplato.

Every time we make an important decision, it’s hard not to wonder how things would have turned out had we chosen differently. The set of all those hypothetical lives is a kind of “multiverse” — not one predicted by quantum mechanics or cosmology, but a space of possibilities that is ripe for contemplation. In their new movie Everything Everywhere All At Once, Daniels (the collective moniker for writer/directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) use this idea to tell the story of Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), who is the “worst” of all her avatars in the multiverse. We talk about philosophy, filmmaking, and how we should all strive to be kind amidst the chaos.

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Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are writers and directors collectively known as Daniels. They met and formed a collaboration while in film school at Emerson College. They have directed a number of music videos for artists such as DJ Snake and Tenacious D. Their first feature film was Swiss Army Man, starring Daniel Radcliffe.

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