In the pale glow of the television, Owens view of reality begins to crack.
It also scored three noms at theGothams.
Its like reliving that teenage thrill of sneaking a peek at forbidden content on a friends borrowed VHS tape.
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Schoenbrun delved into the script, exploring themes of identity, the fallibility of memory, and self-acceptance.
As Schoenbrun explains, that generation of mass culture lent itself to a film about self-recognition and self-denial.
And then I realized this was a coming-out metaphor.
The film posits this idea of being buried far away on the other side of a screen.
To stop dissociating through fiction.
To, like the characters in my film, make it to the other side of the screen.
And to do that requires a reassessment of reality at the most deep and core level.
This movie poured out of that realization.
The film also stars Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Danielle Deadwyler and Fred Durst.
Read the script below.
