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Tess

Tess

Roman Polanski, 1979

Spine #697

Picked by 3 guests

Drama / Romance

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Roman Polanski

Written by Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn

Cinematography Ghislain Cloquet, Geoffrey Unsworth

Edited by Tom Priestley

Cast Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin, Rosemary Martin, Carolyn Pickles, Richard Pearson, David Markham

Picked by

Benny Safdie

“So Benny, have you seen Tess? I have not seen Tess. When we were in Cannes, all of a sudden I looked over and like everyone in our immediate crew was just like literally some of them were on their knees praying to someone. And I was like, what is going on? And it was Nastassja Kinski.”

Maya and Ethan Hawke

“Oh Tess I learned a little bit about how it was made and that they like shot every scene at Golden hour and they would just like prepare and rehearse all day and then go shoot at Golden hour and then be done for the day I was like can we bring that back I know like is anyone still doing that cuz I'd like to volunteer as tribute to be in that movie.”

Bong Joon Ho

“Tess, Thomas Hardy.”