Friday, 10 September 2010

WASP - ANDREA ARNOLD


Andrea Arnold on Wasp

"I write usually because I have an image in my head that I can't shake off and that is how Wasp started. That particular image forms the climax of the film. Everything else is a mix of my childhood and imagination.

The main aim for the film was to try and show the central character Zoƫ in all her complexity. I know the way she treats her kids is not good, verging on abuse really, but I wanted to show why she might do that and for the audience to have empathy for her as well as the kids. I wanted to show how a person's circumstances and environment influences the way they essentially are. I wanted people to understand her behavior instead of just condemning it. This was my main goal for the film."

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