“We Need To Talk About Kevin” from Lynne Ramsay at Cannes Film Festival 2011
After a long a five year gestation period, we the people have finally received the next monumental film by director Lynne Ramsay. On the first official day of Cannes film festival, Ms. Ramsay brought her new film “We Need To Talk About Kevin.” If you are not familiar with Lynne’s work, we at SCV urge you to buy/rent the Criterion Collection title, Ratcatcher. Ratcatcher was a film that we wrote about earlier on SCV, that we felt was very important for the world to read up on and then watch. This film was based off the novel with the same name, by author Lionel Shriver. Ultimately a story about a young boy and his parents, and the modern hardships they all face together. The film stars Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, and Ezra Miller.
“Eva puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. When Kevin is 15, he does something irrational and unforgivable in the eyes of the entire community. Eva grapples with her own feelings of grief and responsibility. Did she ever love her son? And how much of what Kevin did was her fault”
The following quotes were taken from the official “We Need To Talk About Kevin” press kit that was released earlier today by Cannes film festival. The cast and crew were asked what were their thoughts on Lynne Ramsay as a director.
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Tilda Swinton (Eva / Executive Producer): “Lynne‟s brilliant eye is beyond dispute: she is also one of the warmest, most focused, respectful, resourceful and delightful of directors alive.”
Luc Roeg (Producer): “Lynne brings many things to the project including her understanding and fantastic eye for the camera.”
Seamus McGarvey (Director of Photography): “I‟ve been a huge fan of Lynne‟s work since her short films, and we‟re been friends for a long time. Lynne comes from a very visually perspective. It‟s a great pleasure to collaborate with someone like that. Her language is from a cinematic perspective and photographic. She uses the camera very elegantly.”
John C. Reilly (Franklin): “Lynne was really someone that I wanted to work with. She has an artist eye and ability to find the truth in the acting. I think her films have a lot of integrity and are artfully done. She gives the floor to the actors and tells you what she‟s looking for. She gives you the responsibility to get it down.”
