The screening also shook its star, who was seeing the movie for the first time.
A group of girls told me, Youre all of us!
I felt so much more confident the more we were shooting.
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Even just watching it makes me feel like Im strong.
The timing is very striking, says Fargeat.
But when art meets actuality meets the news, its special.
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Im really proud that the movie can be seen in that movement.
Fargeat wrote the script forRevengearound two-and-a-half years ago.
All the elements started to build around that.
Lutz reveals that the sequence gave her pause.
Coralie told me, Thatsexactlywhat I want to do.
I want people to understand that no matter what she does, it doesnt allow him to rape her.
The resulting sequence succeeds in being comparatively non-exploitative while still filling the viewer with a sense of out-and-out horror.
But moreover, for me, the movie isntaboutthe rape.
The rape is just one horrible extreme element of the way those guys can act toward a woman.
The rape is a symbol of all that.
I had no use in showing it.
In fact, Fargeat is disinclined to label her film a rape and revenge movie.
Its much more arevengemovie, says the director.
Fargeat shotRevengein the Moroccan desert, which brought challenges beyond the intensity of the material.
It was tough for many reasons.
We were shooting in the desert in February and it was freezing cold.
So, for her, it was very demanding.
But then it became harder.
I had three hours to prep in the morning and an hour-and-a-half to take everything off.
I was basically always awake.
Lutz admits that, as the shoot progressed, she began to choose sleep over personal hygiene.
Honestly, the first two nights, I really made sure to like wash everything off, she says.
My hair was so mixed with dirt and blood that I couldnt even take it off.
Icouldhave, but I had to go to bed.
I knew that the next day I was going to be back in dirt and blood.
So, I was doing as much as I could and then I was like, You know what?
The sheer amount of fake blood used on the production inspired some entertainingly bizarre moments during the shoot.
It added something [to] the spirit of the movie.
The movie, it can raise very, very violent reactions.
Some guys are not going to be happy about it.
Im still writing at the moment, so its the very beginning of the process, she explains.
So, will the director be requesting buckets of blood again?
I guess there will be blood, she laughs.
Revengeopens theatrically and On Demand May 11.
Watch the films trailer above.
