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Refinery29 Has Finally Made Kristen's Directorial Debut "Come Swim" Available to View in its Entirety

posted 7 years ago by LLOwens (983)
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Kristen's short film Come Swim has been a long time coming, so without further ado, here it is--finally!:
http://www.refinery29.uk/come-swim-full-movie-kristen-stewart?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=uktweet&unique_id=entry_180560

Kristen gives new meaning to the fish-out-of-water idiom in her directorial debut, reminiscent of postmodern, nonlinear narrative techniques employed by some of the greatest living directors such as Christopher Nolan, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Quentin Tarantino and David Lynch.

[–] Ron2011 (908) 7 years ago

Pretty intense drama, pretty good for a first directorial attempt. A dark look at the actor's inner thoughts. It received very good praise at Sundance and Cannes.
I thought some of the narrative sounded like Kristen but the credits don't list her and anyway I think it was by another actress. One amazing thing is how many people and jobs are listed in the final credits, even for a short film like this.

[–] CKid (3842) 7 years ago

I saw Come Swim for the first time last Wednesday. I thought then, as I do now, that it was definitely Kristen doing the narrative, despite the fact that she was not listed in the credits as doing so.

[–] LLOwens (983) 7 years ago

I too thought Kristen was the narrator as well. Perhaps she decided to go uncredited as other actors sometimes do.

Another thing I thought I should mention is that there is talk that Kristen plans on turning this short into a full-length feature film. As much as I was impressed by the short film, I'm not quite sure how she'll have enough substance to entertain viewers for 90 minutes or so. But then again, there have been movies based on short films, novelettes, video games, newspaper articles, etc., so perhaps she might be able to flesh out the main character and expand the plot of this short.

[–] LLOwens (983) 7 years ago

One amazing thing is how many people and jobs are listed in the final credits, even for a short film like this.

Every time I watch a spectacular film, I'm quick to credit the director, the lead actor or in some cases the screenwriter, for churning out such a masterpiece. However, there are so many people involved in film projects of all sizes that I must remind myself that it takes a city, or in the case of Kristen's short, a village, to make a movie. The first time I watched the end credits for Avatar it boggled my mind--and I soon realized that my mind wasn't playing tricks on me as this film had a crew of 2,984, while more than half of the film crew were credited for their contribution to visual effects, according to IMDb.

[–] Ron2011 (908) 7 years ago

Oh yeah, for the large films, especially those with lots of graphics, special effects, CGI, etc. there are huge numbers of people and studios in the credits. For battle scenes there can be many extras and stunt people. It's also amazing how much effort may go into large battle scenes. I think it can take many days or more to choreograph huge battle scenes with so much happening just to keep it all in sequence. Not only the main characters in the scene but also the fight scenes in the background and around them.

[–] LLOwens (983) 7 years ago

Kristen's biggest budget film which she starred in, Snow White and the Huntsman, had large visual effects and art departments. Surprisingly, it also had one of the biggest costume and wardrobe departments of any Hollywood film in the history of cinema, with 94 working under 4-time Oscar-winning costume designer Coleen Atwood.