Generally, Ledger is remembered for his brief and electric body of work as a performer.
But Harper more specifically reminisces about a man of great sensitivity and open generosity.
After all, Ledger was the one who gave him a piano as a token of friendship.
Precious is the word Harper uses to describe the giftthe most precious of its kind he would ever receive.
Consequently,I Am Heath Ledgercan often act as the personal journal of a hungry actor learning his craft.
He was breaking down his self-consciousness of being in a camera.
He filmed himself doing everything and that was what he was doing.
But early on, I realized there were some powerful intimate shots.
It didnt all kind of come right away, Buitenhuis admits.
Its evident that Amato still feels a deep kinship with Ledger.
He was there the first day the Aussie thespian arrived stateside with dreams in his eyes.
He also fortuitously lent Ledger a screenplay his friend wrote,10 Things About You.
Speaking in 2017, there is still a melancholy.
We definitely wanted to make movies for smart women.
I think he had his daughter in mind, as well.
We hated violence in our culture.
Were very against it.
We wanted to flip that paradigm and focus on women and love, and chess.
While Ledger never helmed a feature-length film,I Am Heath Ledgerdepicts an artists sensibility frequently reforming itself.
The people we ended up interviewing were all really close to Heath, Buitenhuis says.
The people, the known actors that we have, like Naomi, they did have a significant relationship.
Amato appears vindicated in the final product.
They said, We can stop worrying now.
Like even if some crappy documentary comes out next week, she goes, This is locked.
I Am Heath Ledgerwill open theatrically for a limited engagement on May 3.
It will premiere on Spike TV on May 17.
