Vanity Fair has an exclusive story on Andrew Haigh's forthcoming gay romance All of Us Strangers (and calling it a "gay romance" does already feel like a simplification even though I haven't seen it yet; I'm just being lazy) which stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal and Jamie Bell and Claire Foy, and it's all well and good that Haigh talks about the intimate scenes between Scott and Mescal and how gung-ho everybody was about filming them -- I'm very happy about that, of course! But when I tell you that just reading Haigh talk about the making of this movie, and its themes, made me burst into tears... well I think my expectations for this movie are beginning to approach stratospheric. I haven't felt this tickle in the back of my brain since before Call Me By Your Name came out -- the one that tells me I am about to have a story deeply, profoundly resonate with me. And I was right that time! And Haigh has been working toward this ever since Weekend -- that movie was its own thing, and I adore it, but I think this one might be a whole new level. The sweet sentimentality of the story, as he's describing it... I don't know. I am tired and emotional this morning. But I'm already completely sobbing. I think this movie might wreck me. I will see in a few weeks at NYFF, I guess! Hit the jump for all of the photos...
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Oh wow, I feel like you're on to something. Haigh's films have felt restrained to me since Weekend, like he wasn't choosing material that would really resonate since that film. I liked Looking but felt it never was able to deliver a significant payoff. It's like Haigh has been edging since Weekend. Maybe this will be an orgasmic breakthrough for him and us. :)
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