Through her commercials, films, music videos, print campaigns and key art photography, she has defined the visual identity of some of entertainment’s greatest talents. Each of her projects is an intimate collaboration between her and her subjects. It was really satisfying, actually – a couple of teenagers that came to like, one of our screenings were like, 'Is this Clueless?' And I was, 'Yes! Yes!’Įmma is now playing in theaters everywhere, and to see what else is coming up in 2020, be sure to check out our Release Calendar.Director and photographer Autumn de Wilde documents the ever-changing cultural zeitgeist. Apparently the Emma director has already been approached about the relation between her movie and Clueless, and it was a link she was ecstatic to see made: The added fun is that audiences already seem to be making the connection between the two films. So I think that's why it worked so well besides, you know, her amazing painterly touch. And I think the more powerful people can seem this mistaken God-like power over someone else's destiny at that school – either to punish or to help create a bigger, better them, instead of realizing that they're just fine where they are and that they have real friends. There's the cheerleaders and the mathletes and the nerds and the jocks and the, and the stoners and whatever it is there are these separate sections, and at that age and in that contained environment you often feel like there's no way out. Said de Wilde,īut high school feels very familiar, I think. Also being the director of Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Heckerling clearly had an understanding of that world, and how she paired it with Jane Austen’s “Emma” is simply wonderful. And so that was important to me.Īutumn de Wilde continued expressing true admiration for how Amy Heckerling was able to translate the material and find such a perfect parallel contemporary environment for the plot in Clueless. In the class system in England, you are judged by your accent and from your inherited position in society… And that's why that that was the target of my satire, and I think that that was the target of Jane Austen's satire. Unfortunately, mixed signals wind up ruining the day, leaving Emma the unfortunate task of trying to pick up the pieces. And just as Cher did with Brittany Murphy’s Tai, this hobby leads her to take the lower class Harriet Smith (Mia Goth) under her wing, as she thinks she can help raise her status with a successful pairing. Just like Alicia Silverstone’s Cher Horowitz, the new Emma finds its titular character (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) living a charmed life and making herself happy through successful matchmaking. But if you were going to make a parallel, I think high school feels a lot like what you're judged for. Now, you know, in America we have a lot of problems, and we don't have the class system as defined as it is in England. Because she understands the story of Emma so completely, she was able to take the human relationship truths in that story and translate it to high school. She is literally like a Jane Austen expert. Well, first of all, Amy Heckerling is a genius, but you know why it's so amazing? It's because that one knows that book back to front.
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