6 Films That Influenced Todd Haynes' May December

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@DraculaBimbo 10 ай бұрын

Will absolutely watch any other movie the father of Carol makes

@501Blonde-dq1ui 9 ай бұрын

Can’t recommend Safe enough - one of his earliest films and (I believe?) his first collaboration with Julianne Moore. One of her best performances, still to this day. I slept on it for a few years, and I would recommend watching it as soon as you can.

@mattkenny7995 10 ай бұрын

00:28 Persona 03:48 Sunset Boulevard 06:33 The Go-Between 09:56 The Graduate 11:03 Manhattan 13:43 Sunday Bloody Sunday

@channiballecter 9 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@cecemeddock4289 5 ай бұрын

God bless you I clicked on this hoping it was an article I don't have time for this 😭

@jimmygillard 10 ай бұрын

Could listen to Haynes talk about film all day.

@adam-ll1yf 10 ай бұрын

Carol was one of the films that made me decide I wanted to pursue my passion for filmmaking. Todd Haynes is a masterful director and storyteller and I cannot wait to see May December.

@bjwnashe5589 9 ай бұрын

Todd Haynes is a brilliant film director. Just amazing.

@CuteFriendlyLobster 9 ай бұрын

Love to hear passionate directors talk about movies, Haynes is one of the greats

@joaquimcaetano3745 10 ай бұрын

Haynes the very Best working director. Spotless filmography.

@TheVid54 10 ай бұрын

Bravo for recognizing the brilliance of Michel Legrand's score for THE GO-BETWEEN. So many reviews criticize it, but it's one of many striking qualities of that Joseph Losey film. I'll be looking for MAY DECEMBER because Todd Haynes always makes interesting movies.

@501Blonde-dq1ui 9 ай бұрын

It makes me so happy that Hanyes recognizes both Sunset Blvd. & Persona. I think both are 2 of the greatest and most influential films of all time, but for May December, Persona feels so powerful & inspiring to Haynes vision. I also love that he recognizes Bergman’s Face to Face, which was the only Ingmar Bergmanfilm Liv Ullman was ever nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for. The psychological nature of that film, and most of Bergman’s films, is so mesmerizing and tantalizing. Even the horrors of the stories, you don’t and can’t look away from, which I feel is a massive theme and motive and motif of May December. And despite his reputation, Allen’s Manhattan makes so much sense as an inspiration. Not only the young/underaged element and the judgement the characters experience & defy, but, going back to persona, Allen has always admitted to be heavily influenced by Ingmar Bergman and his films (examples like Interiors and September feel this way especially.) Even in Annie Hall, Diane Keaton & Woody Allen’s characters go to see a Bergman film and debate & argue how they like and saw the film.

@65g4 10 ай бұрын

Haynes is one of my favourite directors i saw May December at the New Zealand festival back in July and i can see the Persona comparision. I cant wait to see this again when it hits netflix

9 ай бұрын

I remember Todd Haynes and his excellent film ' Poison. ' Those were the days and I thought they would never end.

@1998Cebola 8 ай бұрын

Probably still his best

@evyalley 8 ай бұрын

Bro I forget Todd is literally the same age now as Alfred Hitchcock was during the making of Psycho. He seems just so youthful and full of life and inspiration. Not that Hitch wasn;t full of inspiration but Todd looks so great for his age it's hard to believe he's in his early 60s.

@joshoshow6229 9 ай бұрын

from what ive heard it wasnt really an influence on the movie but may december has the same vibe as twin peaks to me. a campiness masking something really horrific and beyond that even musically they felt somewhat similar to me. surprised i havent seen anybody else say the same

@siushi630 9 ай бұрын

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!omggg!!! as soon as I heard the musical score, I IMMEDIATELY thought of twin peaks! even the cinematography and the lighting?? and the underlying very very disturbing secret that Charles Melton embodied SO fantastically. it was VERY twin peaks. literally just wrote this in my letterboxd review. crazy.

@erdbeermund78 10 ай бұрын

This movie was so good. I really enjoyed it. He talked about some of this at the Q&A that I saw, but I had trouble focusing on this video because all I could think about was how much I want to watch that movie again. I think it might be my favorite movie of his.

@kevinhebner6773 9 ай бұрын

Semi-shocked that Haynes had forgotten “The Go-Between.” I check every month in hopes that Criterion is finally releasing it on DVD and/or Blu-Ray.

@rowan631 9 ай бұрын

I'm a huge Joseph Losey fan, but tbh, The Go-Between, kind of forgettable, I'm kind of surprised it won the Palm

@nomicons 9 ай бұрын

May December owes a great deal to Pedro Almodovar, so it's interesting to see him go unmentioned.

@jimmybigelow3876 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@huckellholanda1713 10 ай бұрын

For a second there I saw the thumbnail and thought: is Jamie Lee Curtis promoting which film?

@lloydb5595 10 ай бұрын

Wow!

@haroldjoseph8296 10 ай бұрын

She's busy promoting IDF bombing children.

@katwashere194 9 ай бұрын

Need glasses?

@akashmadhavan711 9 ай бұрын

This is an incredible thing what letterboxd is doing. I have always wanted movie suggestions from directors on what to watch before / after watching their movie in a way - this helps us understand the movie or the director's thought process, intentions better and letterboxd doing films that inspired director to make this movie. love oyou letterboxd, i hate your app feature to create lists. that is something you could work n

@lilmilontiktok 9 ай бұрын

i saw persona and may december both for the first time just less than 2 days apart, coincidentally. Both incredible movies.

@loonylaura85 10 ай бұрын

I know of the phrase May to December (but not the proper meaning - I'll have to look it up) because of a BBC sitcom from the late 80s/early 90s about the relationship between an older man (53 at the start of the show) & a younger woman (who is 26). Can only vaguely remember what it was like so i don't know if it'd pass muster now.