Here are five things we learned from the people behind20th Century Women:
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The filmmaker said his own mother, who died of cancer 17 years ago, inspired Benings character.
Its a moment-to-moment thing as youre shooting.
Fanning revealed most of her performance was filtered through her own interpretation of the 1978 psychology book.
Mike asked me to read [the book] and pick out anything I thought Julie would find interesting.
And that would be the scene, she said.
Stuff would be crazy in there, like marriage isnt real or you should have open relationships.
It was the kind of stuff Julie would abide by… those are her rules of life.
To me, it defines the film in a way.
Music is part of the culture of each character.
We just danced around the whole house… it was our sage burning.
The relationship between [Julie and Dorothea] I found interesting and unique.
Its somewhat awkward, and yet I felt that Dorothea did see [Julie] pretty clearly.
20th Century Womenhits theaters in limited release on Dec. 25.
Watch the films first trailer below.
