Wilder's
main cinematic inspiration here, besides Vidor, Ernst Lubitsch and some of Billy's fellow expatriate noir - masters, was David Lean's and Noel Coward's peerless 1945 extramarital romance «Brief Encounter,» starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, who have a chance to rendezvous in a friend's pad but don't end up doing so.
Watch Kitty now in today's Short + Feature program on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck, where it is paired with another, more shocking exploration of female youth, Catherine Breillat's 2001 Fat Girl, which Sevigny has cited as one of her
major cinematic inspirations.
It's a fairly lively track that covers design touches and intentions, 3 - D effects, test screening reactions,
cinematic inspirations, and some fun facts behind choices.
Director Chris Pahlow has a history in music videos and has taken
his cinematic inspirations from the American independent cinema scene, recalling most of all of Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha.
He's a very engaging speaker and consistently holds our attention as he points out specific techniques, discusses scientific and
cinematic inspirations,
The rise and fall structure is similar in vibe to BOOGIE NIGHTS, but perhaps not as defined in tonal shifts like
its cinematic inspiration.