An ‘Eternal Sunshine’ for the dating-app age, ‘Fingernails’ throws Jessie Buckley, Jeremy Allen White, and Riz Ahmed into a love triangle that feels both warmly timeless and terrifyingly modern.
to set the visual template. They shot on film—again, deliberately working against those modern sci-fi trappings—and focused on photography that emphasized “empathy,” as Rév put it. “The big task here, visually, is to sell this world—and by that I mean you have to believe what’s going on,” Rév says. “We wanted to have something very realistic….
“We tried to make it look like an allegory, and not look like a horror film,” Nikou says with a smile. “I hope that it doesn’t look like a horror film.”appears to be the furthest thing from horror, though. Its understanding of the digital age’s impact on love and connection isn’t stern or nihilistic so much as it is curious, confused, and maybe a little heartbroken.
For this director, it’s what seizing the moment looks like—not letting all the big names and bigger expectations make you take it too seriously. “For me, the most important thing was to find something that can be funny, that can be different,” he says, ”and that can be a little bit upsetting sometimes.”makes its international debut next month at the Toronto International Film Festival. Apple TV+ will release the film in select theaters and stream it beginning November 3.
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