The director of the retro thriller on what it took to bring this bizarre true story to life.
I read this script in April 2020, and the world was very chaotic then. I felt the chaos in my own life. I read this script and I thought, wow, there’s no bigger representation of chaos than a bear who’s high on cocaine. Directing this film and pulling this all together, for me as a human being, it felt like a way to tame some of the chaos. I don’t think anyone should read too much into this movie. The fun of it is in the title. I wanted to entertain people.
The whole thing was, she came from this working class background that I’m also from. My father worked in a factory my whole life. I’ve been working jobs since I was 12. This idea of having these fancy big dreams just drew me into that movie. And then, of course, the fashion. The off-the-shoulder sweatshirt and the leg warmers—oh my God! We all lived for the leg warmers and Jennifer Beals just being so gorgeous and interesting. And also the music, the soundtrack.
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