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Originally Posted by Tobra
You are surprised? Do you think it was not intended to be controversial?
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Having fallen in love with this film, I have the benefit of watching 10 or so cast interviews to answer your question. While I can't know Taika's exact intentions, the idea for the screenplay came from his mother who relayed the story from the book "Caging Skies" to him.
Watching all of the interviews, there is no sense of creating a controversial story. In fact as I said earlier, it's a complex, elegant and beautiful one. Though from the interviews, it's a very simple one too, about being a single mother. I guess that's what makes it so elegant. All of the acting is first rate, Scarlett Johansson gives a wonderful performance.
It's a movie that can and should be seen more than once because there are so many clever little details, it should be even more fun the second time. I'm going again on Friday night.