INTERVIEW
Did you imagine all the locations in the film while writing
the script or did the locations inspire you?
I did imagine most of the locations while writing the script,
and then when I went to location scout, I was surprised by how the
locations almost presented themselves to me. It was quite surreal at
times. I drove into a small town and ate a diner with my production
designer, and I said to her, “See our waitress? She is exactly how I
want the character of Misti to look.” And then when the waitress gave
us our bill at the end of the meal, it was signed with her name and a
heart around it, and her name was Misti. I knew this was the town I
wanted to shoot in after that moment.
But, what drove you to Nevada in August’s scorching heat?
I can only laugh in retrospect, as I think it can only be my insanity
that led me to shoot there in August. I wanted to feel the drastic heat
of the desert on the lens. While the film looks and feels the way I had
hoped and imagined, shooting in Nevada in the dead of summer is
something I will never do again. It was a terrible idea and most of us
went to the hospital. I feel very thankful that I had such an amazing
cast and crew who were ready to go the distance with me. And they
did.
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