Really enjoyed the movie.
Ridley i was going to start with you because when I left the screening,
I felt confident that Marguerite's take was the true for one.
And I left feeling that the final chapter was intended to tell the view
that her reality was the reality.
But then I overheard a conversation behind me
from two people who had seen it, asking which of the three stories they believed.
And I got a text later that night from my friend who was also in there asking
which of the characters I believed and sort of surprised me.
Does that surprise you in that you quite pleased? I'm bloody amazed.
How stupid can they be? Sorry.
I mean, are you joking?
OK, so that is that a good answer?
Yes, I understand.
Oh, I was going to bet you, please.
It's kind of sparking that conversation, even if you think it's
you know, I think there should be absolutely no doubt with the honesty
of how Lady de Carrouges is and who she is.
And don't forget, when you watch the film, whether there's an audience to her
innermost self or not, we are seeing who she is.
Hmm. You're going to pay attention to who she is to know whether it's true or not.
Right. So when she's in a room with a mother,
with the maid in the paddock, you see her private her private
person, who she is.
That should tell you who's telling the truth.
Also, can we just talk about like the fact that like her life was at stake
and she spoke up in this time and everything that was she was up against
to speak this truth.
And people are still like, do you think she's 20 minutes to die
when you're being burning?
Who are the morons behind the story?
Yeah, I yeah, I was quite surprised.
I overheard people asking.
Yeah, I didn't plan the different way, but I just
I mean, obviously I was interested to see there was three writers on this.
I mean, considering
the film is split into three parts and the writing team consists of two men
and a woman, and the three parts are kind of two male perspectives and one female.
And how important was it for you that there was a female voice
in this screenplay, given the nature of the story being told?
Absolutely. You know, I think there is something to be said
for the female sensibility and a woman understanding a woman's experience, and
especially in regards to something, you know, is kind of traumatic and sensitive.
Is this to be able to work really closely with Nicole [Holofcener, writer]
and really delve into that and
and really try and figure out who this woman was?
You know, we had some information, but not an awful lot of it.
So there was a great freedom in that,
you know, when me and Nicole and I had a really good relationship and
got on very well.
So those conversations were always kind of encouraged and welcomed, which was
which was really lovely to be a part of coming into the process.
And Ridley because the whole I mean, the concept of this is kind of
mad in a sense that this idea of this duel to the death and who ever dies, is
proved themselves to be the guilty party and the trial, because they lost the jewel
in the eyes of God.
And one of the things I found most striking about this
stems pertinant is because the themes are so relevant.
But conversley, I was struck by
how mad some people were back then from your deviation
into the kind of periods as a director and as a storyteller.
What shocks you most about what people were like back then?
Well, you know, if you go back to the Roman Empire, we forget
they drank for centuries out of lead pipes and lead tanks.
So that may mean that a lot of those crazy motherfuckers
who are the emperors of Rome were how had Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.
So and then you go to food
diet of the period in the time that Henry,
they had died of malnutrition because he was so large.
He was only eating had hung meat, so eating rotting meat.
So you look at how people lived and how did that affect them?
I mean, I lived in a house which I had in Surrey, which is thirteen
sixty, which actually, funnily enough, is the same date as the film.
And so and I lived in the house for two years.
It really got to me because it was like living
in the hold of a gallon became very depressing.
And so we got rid of it.
But I think, you know, the life and times
of those particular time would be much simpler than ours.
If you had money, then you are clearly very privileged.
If you didn't, then you were very much underclass.
So there's always that to balance out.
Well, I could have gone on for ages,
but I'm fortunate I sort of got time for that.
Thank you so much. Best of luck.
At least the movie. Thank you. I swear by.