'All of Us Strangers' First Look from Vanity Fair
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The first still from the upcoming film All of Us Strangers was released a couple weeks back, but today Vanity Fair brings us a more extensive look at the upcoming film, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy.
The film tells the story of a screenwriter (Scott) who, after an encounter with his neighbor (Mescal), is pulled back to his childhood home where he discovers that his long-dead parents are living, and look the same age as the day they died.
But here are a few more general tidbits:
- The film is loosely based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, which is set in Japan. But this adaptation filmed in director Andrew Haigh's childhood home in London, redressed to look as it did when he was a youth. He shot the film with an autobiographical touch, but it's not all true to life.
- Haigh on the film's intimate scenes: “I’ve been more objective in how I’ve shot sex scenes in the past. Here, I really wanted to feel the subjective nature of having sex and what it feels like-the nervousness and the excitement and the physical sensation of being touched by someone else, and what that does to you.”
- Haigh on casting Andrew Scott in the lead: “I’m not one of those people who thinks you have to cast a queer actor in a queer role, but for this role, I did want to because I was trying to unpick some nuances of a certain generation of gay people... I needed someone that could understand that and have those conversations with me. I didn’t want it to feel like I was trying to explain what it was like.”
All of Us Strangers releases December 22nd in theaters.
If you're interested in reading more, and don't mind some more info on the plot, I would highly recommend reading the full piece at the source.
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The first still from the upcoming film All of Us Strangers was released a couple weeks back, but today Vanity Fair brings us a more extensive look at the upcoming film, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy.
The film tells the story of a screenwriter (Scott) who, after an encounter with his neighbor (Mescal), is pulled back to his childhood home where he discovers that his long-dead parents are living, and look the same age as the day they died.
But here are a few more general tidbits:
- The film is loosely based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, which is set in Japan. But this adaptation filmed in director Andrew Haigh's childhood home in London, redressed to look as it did when he was a youth. He shot the film with an autobiographical touch, but it's not all true to life.
- Haigh on the film's intimate scenes: “I’ve been more objective in how I’ve shot sex scenes in the past. Here, I really wanted to feel the subjective nature of having sex and what it feels like-the nervousness and the excitement and the physical sensation of being touched by someone else, and what that does to you.”
- Haigh on casting Andrew Scott in the lead: “I’m not one of those people who thinks you have to cast a queer actor in a queer role, but for this role, I did want to because I was trying to unpick some nuances of a certain generation of gay people... I needed someone that could understand that and have those conversations with me. I didn’t want it to feel like I was trying to explain what it was like.”
All of Us Strangers releases December 22nd in theaters.
If you're interested in reading more, and don't mind some more info on the plot, I would highly recommend reading the full piece at the source.
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