How ‘The Outfit’ Director Graham Moore Mined His Family History for a Twisty Crime Thriller About a Tailor
“The Outfit” germinated, it became clear this was personal enough that he should try directing it himself.The Focus Features release, which is in now playing exclusively in theaters, is a contained gangster riff that takes place entirely in one location and follows Mark Rylance as the mild-mannered owner of a tailor shop who gets roped into a gang war. This principal idea was rooted deeply in Moore’s family history.“The emotional core of this came from my grandfather,” Moore explained.