![]() ![]() I wanted to empathize with her.Īmy has a soulful quality in her eyes. She's not secure, so i wanted her to be sympathetic. ![]() She wants to be something else, but she's not strong enough. She's a victim of places in our culture that still expect women to do certain things. She did this horrible thing, but I wanted her to be empathetic because, as we saw with her mother, she's a victim of her own insecurity. Oh, she has everything and she lives in this house and blah blah blah and she's not happy, who cares? I hate her. It would be very easy to hate this woman. I wanted the character to be sympathetic. I have always loved her, but I have to say working with her and then editing her, there was not a second of her that could not have gone on that screen. It's cold and that's really a reflection of where she is, where her life is. That's what people think of, I think, when they think of L.A., but this L.A. because we love the sun and the palm trees. It's reflective of where she is psychologically. On how Los Angeles is presented in the film. I also believe in that old line, "write what you know." I was born in Texas and my family has been in Texas for a long time and I know this part of the world well and I also wanted to create a strong contrast between Susan's world and the gritty, grimy world of Texas. So, I needed to move it to a place where, theoretically, there might not be cell service. Of course, in today's world you just lock your doors and call for help and you wouldn't have a film. This story was originally set in the Northeast, where you would have had cell phone service everywhere. Some things really were changed based of where we are today with technology. ![]() On differences between "Nocturnal Animals" and "Tony and Susan," the book upon which the movie is based. When you're sitting there writing dialogue, everything becomes a little part of you because you're in the head of that character writing what they'll say - "no, no, they wouldn't say that." "OK, they would say that" - so it all is, in a sense. So, I think in that way, yes, people do write about themselves.Ĭertainly, in this, Amy's character is quite autobiographical, as are parts of Jake. I think any artist, whether you're a painter or a sculptor or a filmmaker, we all have this need to express and we're all our own filters and everything that we all perceive is really through ourselves, so when we express something, it is, generally, our point of view, our vision. Things go in and I sometimes don't even realize when they come back out again, so it's always a hard question to answer.įord explains a quote from the film: "Nobody writes anything except about themselves." I'm someone who loves film and I watch and I watch. There are even moments in "Rosemary's Baby," Polanski, where you're thinking, is this real? Is she dreaming? Is she imagining? What is this? Where is this going? Kubrick, for example, in "A Clockwork Orange," where the gang of guys break into the house. Remember, she's reading fiction and we're seeing it through her eyes. In this particular type of film, which is, for me, a psychological thriller - all of this takes place in her head, by the way. Of course, you've got the women at the beginning, which might make you think of David Lynch.īut, Hitchcock, absolutely. I also wouldn't have said David Lynch, but I love David Lynch. You learn about what you do and what your style is when you hear people talk about it. I love Douglas Sirk because the shots are so quite composed and it is, in a sense, melodramatic. I would never say Douglas Sirk, but I absolutely see that. On comparisons "Nocturnal Animals" has had to the work of Douglas Sirk, David Lynch and Alfred Hitchcock. Tom Ford on the set of "Nocturnal Animals." In that moment, it is truly a singular vision because you are by yourself writing, unless you have a writing partner. Their performances are exactly so, it's in your head. I have to say that I enjoy the entire process, but it's one of my favorite things because it's in perfect form while you're writing it. In a sense, this is a cautionary tale about what can happen to you when you let those people go and you make those decisions in your life. And, for me, this film or this story is really about finding people in your life that are important and holding onto them. It should be something you leave the theater thinking about. What sparked it for me was, maybe I'm old fashioned, but I believe a film should say something. Tom Ford on what drew him to make "Nocturnal Animals." ![]()
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