Brie Larson's 'Room' is an unusually intimate movie about a woman and her child held captive. Brie Larson's new movie, . The question isn't, . The question is, . As in the novel, the movie unfolds from Jack's point of view, and his growing understanding of his circumstances mirrors that of the audience. FULL COVERAGE: Toronto and other film festivals. Tuesday at the Toronto International Film Festival.
It's not a misery memoir. The challenge in bringing the film to audiences is to communicate that. You start in the darkest place, and then it's a journey out of that. It's not a misery memoir.— Lenny Abrahamson, director.
After an auspicious Telluride Film Festival premiere earlier this month, which sparked early Oscar talk, Larson, Abrahamson and Donoghue spoke with The Times about making their unusually intimate movie — and the disorienting experience of introducing it into the cacophony of Oscar season. Larson, who had been given a T- shirt with an Oscar on it at a film academy party the night before, is aware that she is now the focus of a new level of attention. Donoghue, who is a mother of two, wondered what that captivity and sudden freedom would feel like from the child's point of view. In the translation to screen, the audience sees more of the character known as . I knew there was a lot of hype about the book, so I thought, 'The eyes of the world will be on me after it's published. I'll get started.'. I was so upset. Once Lenny and I met, it seemed like this was just a right fit.
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So if we're gonna do this movie, it' not gonna look pretty. It's gonna look real.
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It's an extremely narrow view of the world. If you're something outside of that, you're the best friend or the boss. That's what I find disturbing. Movies have this incredible global reach. They show you, 'This is how the world looks.' How are we showing, say, my little sister what the world is?
We're still coming back from many years of girls being chiseled out to be identical and quiet. Watch Stalker Rerelease (2017). Before it was shot, the actress was barefoot and cold, listening to the song . A crew member tapped her and she dove into action, Abrahamson said. I did not expect that reaction to come from me at all. A week later, an actor who'd returned to the set asked how she was doing, and Larson was startled to learn what had happened that day. Do you not remember that you slipped and fell?
You were punching us, fighting us. You hit your head.' I was like, 'I don't know myself at all.'.