Executive producers, meanwhile, includeFarhana Bhula,Ollie Madden, andDaniel Battsekfor Film4.
I read it and loved it, and I felt very connected to the material.
It felt visual as well as funny and visceral.
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The psychology of the three main women fascinated me, and it felt so incredibly female.
I felt quite territorial about it.
That I could see Sofia walking across the beach.
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I could feel the heat of Rose and the tension of Ingrid.
I wanted to create a very female vision of their lives and their volatile entanglements.
Basically, I fell in love with all the characters and wanted to see the film of their story.
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Its so passionate, and the heat and landscapes are characters in themselves.
And then the various notions of love, a mothers love, a lovers desire.
How can you be free to love or be loved if your childhood has been affected by trauma?"
Her only stipulation was that she wanted to try her hand at directing in addition to writing.
“I could taste it and smell it.
I really wanted to create the strangeness of it.
With all its brilliant inhabitants.”
As well as her later films.
And actually the Balinese dance sequences could easily echo Derens territory.
Those huge Hollywood musicals where women form patterns and their dancing legs and tapping feet are almost abstract.
Myself and Christopher Blauvelt talked about a visual language.
And we looked at Francesa Woodmans mysterious images, absent spaces, ghosts.
And Nan Goldins photos which are so open and raw.
Sonically, however, she credits composerMatthew Herbertfor setting the tone ofHot Milk.
It was amazing."
I didnt want literal or a hundred percent clarity."
It took a good few years to finance the film, and Fionas constant support was like rocket fuel.
As was her brilliance at interpreting the psychology and creating the physicality of Rose."
Krieps, who has appeared in films likePhantom ThreadandM.
Whenever we were having budget nightmares I said we can cut anything but not the horse.
It felt quite dream-like to have both Vicky and Fiona on board."
We offered her Sofia and hoped.
I arranged to meet Emma in London and talk.
Their leap of faith… “Her stage Blanche Dubois knocked me sideways, and it was really wonderful to work with her.
Hot Milkwill bring this package of powerhouse women to the big screen on June 27.
