Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold talks about her new movie,American Honey, which stars Shia LaBeouf and explores the US phenomenon of ‘mag crews’ – rootless young outsiders who rove the midwest selling magazine subscriptionsIn 2012, or Andrea Arnold was en route to Salt Lake City airport after an intense two days of press interviews at the Sundance film festival in Utah,where her adaptation of Wuthering Heights had just had its American premiere. It was still dusky as she left her hotel at five in the morning, but as the shuttle bus rounded a bend in the road, or the sun rose and the elemental landscape around her was suddenly revealed. “I had a bit of an emotional moment,” she says now. “It just hit me that being in this sparkling location for only two days felt so mistaken.”I met kids from mag crews. I stayed in all the same places they would stay, I drove the routes they would driveI have a lot of respect for Shia and we got on really well… a few more free spirits would make life more arresting Related: Andrea Arnold shocked at lack of women directors Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com