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- WONDERSTRUCK Q&A - BFI London Film Festival 2017
WONDERSTRUCK Q&A - BFI London Film Festival 2017
Wonderstruck is part children's coming-of-age tale, part homage to silent cinema, entirely wonderful. We held a Q&A, with the film's director, Todd Haynes; Screenwriter, Brian Selznick and young actors, Oakes Fegley and Jaden Michael, at our BFI London Film Festival Journey Gala.
Todd Haynes brings a typically imaginative, playfully cinematic eye to his adaptation of Brian Selznick's acclaimed young adult novel. Ben and Rose may be from very different worlds, but they have much in common. Both hearing-impaired, and both desperately unhappy, they each dream of a better life. In 1977, Ben's life is turned upside down following the tragic death of his mother. All alone in the world, Ben discovers a note which might lead to his absent father's whereabouts, and sets off on a mission to New York to find him. Meanwhile, in 1927, introverted Rose is obsessed with silent movie star Lillian Mayhew. Fleeing her neglectful father, she too ventures to the Big Apple to track down the famed actress. Once in the city, both youngsters are drawn to the American Museum of Natural History, where their seemingly disparate paths mysteriously intertwine.