‘Words Are Weapons’: Michaël R. Roskam on Turning a WWII Fake-Newspaper Prank Into a Heist Movie
Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam has turned the true story of "Le Faux Soir" — a November 1943 stunt in which Belgian journalists and printers hijacked the Nazi-controlled newspaper Le Soir to distribute a satirical fake edition mocking the occupiers — into a heist-style film. Roskam, known for Bullhead and The Drop, frames the story…