Portrait of a Lady on Fire

“Céline Sciamma’s movie Portrait of a Lady on Fire. An absolutely, deliciously beautiful film. A period movie that couldn’t be more relevant and contemporary. Some people talk about it as being one of the first films to really illustrate what a female gaze would be and would look like. It’s emotional, it’s intelligent, it’s beautiful. A great film.”

“Portrait of a Lady on Fire. The thing that really draws me into cinema is just the chemistry between actors. That's actually also what I'm trying to do with my own work on Chicken Shop Date—I'm all about the chemistry, creating chemistry. That's what I think people really connect to in my work and that's what I connect to in other people's work. I just really thought it was such a great idea for a story about a woman who did not want to get married and then found love in her own way.”

“Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire. I mean not only the performances on this film but just the visual grammar. I don't know that many people who have used shot reverse shot in a way that it's like sure it's spatial and maybe it's geographical... But in the context of the desire and connection and bond between these two women looking at how a woman looks at another woman... The women singing around the fire as like witches.”