Behind the Scenes of That ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Opening Scene: ‘A Half-Ton of Naked Women’
Behind the Scenes of That ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Opening Scene: ‘A Half-Ton of Naked Women’
Tom Ford‘s “Nocturnal Animals” opens not on the shining face of Amy Adams or the brooding stare of Jake Gyllenhaal — but with a striking collection of nude plus-size models, dancing full frontal for the camera.
A Hitchcockian orchestra plays over the sequence — before any of the starry cast is introduced — with no context for how it fits into Ford’s second directorial effort.
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Richardson is one of four ladies to appear in the sequence, as well as a party scene featuring hundreds of extras — a gallery opening where the subjects lay naked on pedestals as a well-dressed crowd circles them, champagne glasses in hand.
“This is Tom Ford the director, this is not an advertisement to sell clothes,” the film’s costume designer Arianne Phillips said in a recent interview for TheWrap Magazine.
The work itself is reminiscent of American artist Michael Haussman’s 2013 video series “Gravity,” which featured scantily clad plus-size human bodies jumping up and down in extreme slow motion.
Distributor Focus Features is not handing out images or video of the sequence (probably a good tactic, given the movie topped the speciality box off this past weekend in its limited release debut).
Though he has run a powerhouse business of menswear, womenswear, accessories and beauty products for years, Ford has never occupied a space of body judgment and cruelty enjoyed by some of his peers — like Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld.
On the final day of shooting the party scene, all four actresses got to spend time with Adams, whom they described as lovely and attentive.
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