Jane Schoenbrun discusses Hollywood film industry executives’ ‘dance with the devil’ while making hit movies I saw the TV glow.
Transgender director Schonbrunn spoke candidly at a San Sebastian Film Festival event following the film’s screening on Wednesday afternoon and took the time to praise Emma Stone, whose production company Fruit Tree (with whom she Her husband, Dave McCary, co-founded the project.
“They essentially said to me, ‘We just want to use our power,'” Schonbrunn explained. “This is Emma Stone: ‘We want to use my powers to help people like you make movies.’ I was like, ‘Cool, I’ll take your powers away! “She’s been great and supportive. She’s been on all the Zoom promotions, and having Emma Stone in the room to defend you really makes you seem like an adult and not a weirdo.
I saw the TV glow The series follows the journey of Owen (Justice Smith), a boy growing up in 1990s suburbia, and his relationship with Maddie (Brigette Lundy-Paine), a young adult TV show they love. Over-obsession leads to an indissoluble bond. pink opaque. But what the two see reflected on the screen becomes more real than the world they thought they knew. McGrady dives in, while Irving suppresses pink opaque It seemed to be telling him. The film is an allegory for young queer people, and in Owen’s case perhaps trans people, escaping shame by burying themselves in television.
Justice Smith, Bridget Lundy-Paine I saw the TV glow
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pink opaque A masterpiece of Schonbrunn’s world-building, it tells the story of two young girls who can only communicate through the psychic level, and are tasked with defeating the supernatural villain “Mr. Melancholy” who plots to steal their hearts. Schönbrunn acknowledged on Wednesday that much of the show’s inspiration came from such works as buffy the vampire slayer (1997) and twin peaks (1990).
“I just took very specific things from the show buffyor Are you afraid of the dark? What I love. It’s fun,” the filmmaker said before listing the directors who inspired the film. “[David] Lynch obviously [David] Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant’s Teenage Death trilogy, and 90s TV shows. There was this idea of incorporating the aesthetic that I love into my DNA because that’s what I grew up with, from Buffy or Nickelodeon TV show or goosebumps. Take this cheesy but very colorful [aesthetic]”.
However, Schoenbrun was also asked about breaking out of what they describe as “the left side of what you can do in commercial infrastructure with billionaire money that doesn’t share my values,” and he gave a nod to LGBTQ+. The story continues in the film. “It’s not binary, there are some lovely people who are allies of the mission and the industry…but make no mistake, this is like top level evil.” The writer-director continued, saying that the only way to ease one’s conscience is to “care less. ”.
“To make this kind of movie, you need to dance with the devil,” they said. “The core values of making something are different from the values I want my film to share. [in a commercial industry]. But it’s fun. When you see it at the highest level, I’ve just been through the craziest situations.
“David Lynch models this in his work – when you read ‘Mulholland Drive’ it’s clear he’s just reflecting on this absurdity. These shadows. It’s real because it involves Up to a point of money and it’s fun to take them for a ride…I’m a prankster.
I saw the TV glow It opens in U.S. theaters in May and is now available to watch on Max. The San Sebastian Film Festival takes place from September 20th to 28th.
