Telluride: Danny Boyle, Jack O’Connell and James Graham on ‘Ink,’ Rupert Murdoch and MAGA (Exclusive)

"We couldn't raise the money," the film's Oscar-winning director reveals. "A lot of people thought theater plays don't really work in film, and they were all frightened of Murdoch and legal problems."

Fresh from the Venice Film Festival where he unveiled Ink, director Danny Boyle arrived in Telluride for the North American premiere of his drama about Rupert Murdoch’s launch of the British Tabloid The Sun in 1969. Boyle, looking none the worse for international travel, introduced the film Friday night by noting that