"Backgammon" – Adam Nathan Interview

Award-winning director Remy Bazerque approached me about collaborating on adapting my short story Backgammon for film. Here he interviews me to get my perspective on the story.

In February, I released Backgammon, the first of my 100 Stories series. In it, a teenage boy tells the story of how he began to break into homes and the accidental relationship that resulted. Soon after, award-winning writer/director Remy Bazerque approached me about collaborating on adapting Backgammon for film.

In a previous post on Remy’s site, Enfant Terrible, the two of us discussed his take on the project and his professional experience. Now, we’re turning the table. Remy interviews me about my intentions for the script, use of symbolism, and the challenges of adaptation into a screenplay.

I’ve substantially condensed the interview and interspersed five one-minute excerpts of video from the interview throughout.