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What she gets is a brutal lesson in what Mother Nature has to offer.
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Edee’s story is told inLand, Wright’s feature film directorial debut.
Below, Wright talks about why she wanted to create something that’s “hopeful and kind.”
And this one came to me.
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[Producer] Alynn [Stewart] said, “I don’t know why.
And it was so beautiful, because the message was about resilience, in the movie.
So were you always starring as well?No.
We were losing our window of time.
Because some actors are doing two things at the same time.
And we just couldn’t afford to take that risk.
The producers said, “Robin, we’ve been talking about this movie for months in prep.”
And every time we talk about it, I would kind of act out the scenes.
And then they started laughing.
They’re like, “You’re acting the part.
Why don’t you just play it?
You’re here.”
And I was like, “Well, I’m going to be there anyway.
Might as well.”
In this one, you had to get to that emotion.
It was the one take, and we moved on.
Because once you go there, it’s a lot.
You kind of don’t want to stay in it, you know what I mean?
Much of this film is either just you or you and Demian, and there’s very little dialogue.
He’s one of the most soulful people I’ve ever met, beautiful soul of a man.
He’s so grounded and so talented.
I had seen him inA Better Lifeand I was so impressed.
He’s just so present and has an amazing presence on film.
And you feel his soul come through when he’s saying nothing.
He only speaks when it’s important.
He loves to talk.
He’s very animated with his hands and his arms when he speaks.
And it’s like that angel that came down and just happened to cross her path.
We see in the trailer that he also lost his family.
He says, “You were in my path, and I was meant to help you.”
People being mean and cruel and bullying, and all the negative effects of that.
And I just wanted to make something hopeful and kind.
Landwill be released on February 12.
