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2 DGA QUARTERLY 9 BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER Life Lessons and Learning Curves Jon M. Chu's rich, crazy education results in his most personal film yet. BY F.X. FEENEY 12 GADGETS Tool Kit Reboot Three cutting-edge software programs help enhance image, story and continuity with computing power. BY DAVID HEURING 15 FOODIE FILES Cuisine Art For the lushly produced Chef 's Table, the directors orchestrate a "food symphony" of sights, sounds and psychology that sets it apart from kitchen competition shows. BY MARGY ROCHLIN C O N T E N T S O N T H E COV E R First row: Universal Pictures, Photofest, Alamy. Second row: Universal Pictures, Marcie Revens, Universal Pictures, Getty Images, Ana Lily Amirpour. Third row: Getty Images, Photofest, James Wan, Everett, Alamy, Photofest. Fourth row: Marcie Revens, Photofest, Getty Images, Photofest. Focus 17 11 QUESTIONS Morgan Neville For the indie documentary filmmaker behind Won't You Be My Neighbor? and They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, the style should fit the subject. BY KATHY McDONALD 19 BOOKS Lubitsch's Timeless Appeal The director who was idolized by Wilder and Welles is brought into sharp focus by veteran biographer Joseph McBride. 20 AT WORK WITH We take a micro look at the challenges faced by 1st AD Gerard DiNardi, UPM Jennifer Radzikowski, 2nd AD John Silvestri and 2nd AD Dana Zolli. 22 PROBLEM SOLVING Externalizing the Internal With Colette, director Wash Westmoreland attempts to dramatize what makes a writer tick. 24 SHOT TO REMEMBER Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris deconstruct a crucial meltdown in the 2006 indie sensation Little Miss Sunshine. 64 PHOTO ESSAY The End is Near Earlier this year, there was a lot of tough talk traded back and forth between Washington and Pyongyang about nuclear arms, a subject that has inspired a few Hollywood doomsday scenarios over the years. 76 CENTENARY TRIBUTE Long before Sundance, Ida Lupino became the poster girl for independent cinema. Back Page 64 9 19 12 20 15