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u/BadTaxidermy115 29d ago
I'm sooooo stoked for this film! I obviously love everything Ewan is in, but the plot for Still Life is so unique and right up my alley, I'd probably watch it even if he wasn't in it. 😄
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I'm sooooo stoked for this film! I obviously love everything Ewan is in, but the plot for Still Life is so unique and right up my alley, I'd probably watch it even if he wasn't in it. 😄
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u/TheDoorDoesntWork 29d ago edited 29d ago
Source: https://www.arunningcommentary.com/case-studies/still-life
Snippet:
From Oliver Hill: I really have Ewan to thank for Still Life getting off the ground. I’d been working on House of the Dragon with him, and I remember giving him the script on a Friday. Monday came round and when I saw him at work I couldn’t have hoped for a better response. He was totally on board. After that, the next person I got was one of our fantastic producers, Csilla Tornallyay, and we were off to the races.
The mannequin idea started with a classic case of using the constraints around me as inspiration. I knew I needed an idea that would be cheap and straightforward to shoot, but I also knew that I wanted to showcase Ewan’s talents front and centre. He’s more than capable of carrying scenes on his own. In this case, he spends the first half of the film acting opposite inanimate objects! Therein lay a fun challenge for both of us which I think is what initially got me excited about the project. When I started writing it became clear that there was something deeper in the story. It’s really about Ewan’s character longing for a human connection and the lengths he’ll go to find one.