For the final installment of our Winter '24 director portfolio, Halina Reijn tells Eugene Kotlyarenko about her new erotic drama, Babygirl.
In an era when Hollywood retreads and corporate trends have become the backbone of blockbuster filmmaking, a crop of up-and-coming directors, unburdened by an adherence to Hollywood’s established norms and conventions, are approaching their movies with fresh, uninhibited perspectives. of ignorance in the face of industry conventions. Their work spans traditional genres, from coming-of-age comedies to sports biopics to prestige adaptations. Budgets range from streamer-funded to scraped-together.
KOTLYARENKO: Why do you think they do that? Because they’re scared of being vulnerable? Because they want to flex?KOTLYARENKO: “Oh, you don’t have an orgasm every night with your husband? I have three.” REIJN: I think for me, the whole movie is kind of a fable or comedy of manners, if you will, about power and control and sex and all of these elements in the workplace, with the workplace almost as the kink. And I’m making it to provoke a discussion with myself about things that I’m ashamed of. Look, now I’m talking to you already about 10 things that I would never, ever talk to a man about.. But that is how I made the movie. So, yes, shame is a big part of it, but also humor.
REIJN: Yes, humor is the key into those kinds of conversations with the people that you are going to do this scary thing with. And also a kind of safety. All we can do in this life is have an intention that is pure and honest and has nothing to do with ego, so you need to constantly do the exercise of monitoring your own behavior. Only then are you allowed, I think, to take two or three other souls and let them into your darkest fantasies or whatever you want to do.
REIJN: Yeah, and my DP is also a very important figure because he behaves almost like an actor. I’ve acted with him as an actress a lot, and he always knew where I was going, which was the craziest thing. That’s why I hired him for my first movie , and now this is my third movie with him. He feels the breath of the actor and he breathes with them and he knows how to capture that.. It has a similar interest in power dynamics, obviously in a completely different culture and relationship.
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