Taylor Swift’s fever escalated at the Toronto Film Festival Friday night when the superstar singer-songwriter teamed up with actress Sadie Sink to present her 10-minute directorial debut. Very good: a short filmThis was followed by an hour-long In Conversation event with festival CEO Cameron Bailey.
Fans spent the night sleeping on the pavement outside the TIFF Bell Lightbox theater hoping to get a seat in line, as the bars and restaurants along the King Street festival hub blew up their 2012 classic song “All Too Well. “, which inspired the short film.
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For Swift, the event allowed for a public screening of the short film in its original 35mm format.
“It’s really important to present the short film in 35mm, because that’s how it was originally shot,” Swift said before the screening.
Check out his introduction below.
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sink (Strange things) and Dylan O’Brien (maze runner) plays a younger woman and a slightly older man in a fluctuating relationship that ultimately fails but leaves an indelible mark on both and lasting regrets.
After launching online last November, It’s all OK It screened in select theaters in the United States and screened in Tribeca in June, and the short is now being talked about as a possible contender for awards season.
Swift told Bailey that it was no surprise that he ended up writing and directing the short, explaining that there was always a visual element in performing the songs and introducing them to the audience.
Taylor Swift and many others on the Toronto red carpet
“When I wrote a song, I immediately started thinking about how I wanted to present it on stage. If you were to make a music video for it, what would it be like? ”She said.
“And then when I was making an album, halfway through I was starting to conceptualize, what is that album going to look like? What colors are we dealing with here? What are the themes? aesthetic? What do I want you to symbolize? Because at the beginning of my career I wanted to establish each album as its era.
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He has identified many directors who have influenced and inspired his work during his 20-year career.
“It has fluctuated over time. I’ve always enjoyed certain films over a period of time that I’ve enjoyed musically. During the making of the 1989 album, I watched many John Hughes films, e.g. sixteen candles, breakfast club Over and over, he said.
“When the pandemic started I watched a lot of Guillermo del Toro, backbone of the devil Pan’s labyrinth. My whole world has become folk tales, forests and mythical creatures. I was blown away by these films and of course I always liked them. water formIt’s one of my favorite films. “
He also cited more recent titles such as Noah Baumbach’s The history of marriage and Joanna Hogg memory Y I remember part II.
“I love that you talk about this young woman going through this extreme heartbreak and despair and then doing something about it,” she said. I remember part IIand added that he had seen it It’s all OK it’s over
Swift said it was a “child process” to start the short film project.
“It’s not like I woke up one day and thought, you know what, I want to direct,” he said. “I’ve been on the set of over 60 music videos and have learned a lot from this process because I always keep my eyes and ears open. I always look at the photos and think, “I like it, but I don’t like it. Why and why not?
Swift revealed that securing Sink and O’Brien for the lead roles was a big step forward in the project.
“It was a very instinctive decision based on seeing their performances. If I were to have an analytical mind, I’d say I’ve never seen anyone play a role like this before. But I’ve seen them scream at everything in front of them, ”Swift explained.
“I thought, I wonder if Sadie Sink wants to play the lead romantic role. I know, I haven’t seen it yet. I think she is at the perfect point in her career where she could be, “she continued.
“If I had said no, I don’t know if I would have made the film to be honest. Yes it’s correct. I really wanted to say yes to both of us. I know you have to compromise in life, but I didn’t have a back-up plan and I didn’t want to compromise. “
Swift, who is currently preparing for the release of her 10th studio album “Midnights” on October 21, admitted that making a film now would be a natural progression.
“I want to continue the baby to make strides. And I think I’m in a place now where the next step as a child is not a step as a child, it will be a commitment to make a movie, and I would love to find opportunities because I really love to tell stories that I walk. ” she said.
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