Fish Tank

“Oh, yeah, this is cool. Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold, and I love her personally. She’s a really great lady and wonderfully out there and crazy and creative. And Fish Tank really touched me. Her voice and her… The way she looks at things and she observes things is so interesting, and she’s such a great female filmmaker, so Fish Tank is the shit.”

“I was looking for Fish Tank. And there it is. So this is a British filmmaker, Andrea Arnold. If you don’t know her, you should see her work. True independent. Brilliant filmmaker. This is a wonderful film that she made. Michael Fassbender’s in it, and it’s partly about Essex, which is an area of the UK. And it has the most extraordinary skies. They’re so beautiful and it’s shot by Robbie Ryan... The casting that she does, the way she finds actors… remarkable.”

“Fish Tank, Fish Tank! I've got to represent the Brits here. Andrea Arnold, wow, what an amazing director. I love so much of her work, and Fish Tank is such a brilliant film. I love the fact that the story behind the casting of this, that they just saw the lead actress just on the street or on a train station. I know that's a through line of Andrea Arnold's work, that a lot of her cast are street cast, so I'm excited to rewatch that.”

“I think there was one more. Okay, this is very contemporary. Not many years ago. But I love this, Fish Tank. Andrea Arnold. I think it was a great casting. This girl is great, and I... Yes. I love this film, really. It’s... One of the best.”

“Oh Fish Tank and Andrea Arnold, that's a great one and Michael Fassbender's character's a real bollocks in it.”

“Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold, incredibly interesting filmmaker. It's really exploring the life of a teenage girl as she struggles her way through the limitations that are imposed upon her by poverty and her life in Britain. But what she does, Andrea, so amazingly, she makes something that makes you fall in love with the people and their ability to survive despite their difficult situations. Beautifully crafted and it's beautifully shot.”

“There's another, Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank. So yeah, I'm eager to see this, Ryan Coogler recommendation.”

“Fish Tank, okay. Andrea Arnold. This is another… I think I’m obsessed with everything that is related to teenage and coming of age, so I think Fish Tank is an amazing film from Andrea Arnold.”