Gone this is a movie that plays tonight at 21.15 on Sky. Directed by Heitor Dalia, 2012 Gone it was a very difficult film, at least according to what the director himself said in an interview with the Brazilian press.
Gone, plot
Jill (Amanda Seyfried) and Molly (Emily Wickersham) are two very close sisters living in Oregon. Their relationship was overshadowed by a terrible event that left its mark on both of them. Indeed, Jill was kidnapped by a lunatic and held captive until she managed to injure her assailant and regain her freedom. However, the story of her traumatic event has not convinced anyone, and everyone treats her not as if she survived the crime, but as a girl suffering from some kind of mental disorder. Once back home, Jill can no longer find Molly and is convinced that her captor has returned. But no one believes her, and the only person Jill can rely on is Detective Hood (Wes Bentley). Thus begins an intense time struggle for Jill to save her sister and also prove to everyone that she is not crazy.
Difficulty on set
In the collective imagination, the setting of a feature film is always perceived with a halo of romance, as if it is a magical place where the same unusual things happen. In reality, however, a film set can be a very hostile environment for those who work on it, and at times it can almost become an artistic warfare that very often involves directors and producers. The matter is as we read further Soonwhat happened during processing Gone – disappeared an overall forgettable thriller that could have suffered from production, which would have hindered the director Heitor Dahlia supervise the work that would bear his name. In an interview given Vezha, In fact, the director explained that one of the major challenges in making a film in Hollywood, besides the language (Dahlia actually speaks Portuguese), was implementing a production system that had nothing to do with the creative side of the film. the seventh art, but more interested in the more purely industrial side. According to the reconstruction made by the siteInternet Movie Database this way of working was not the most valuable for Heitor Dalia, who very soon began to tire of the constant interference of production, to the point that he informed the Brazilian press about everything that did not work during production. Gone. Judging by the interviews published by the director himself, it actually seems that the most important decisions related to the development of the film never touched him: on the contrary, they were all taken by the production, which did not even seem interested. listening to the judgment or opinion of the director. Similarly, Heitor Dahlia complained that he was unable to meet Amanda Seyfried, the film’s star, before filming began. In a world where the relationship between director and actor is very important in creating communication useful for getting a good screen result, Heitor Dahlia still felt left out, as if he were a mere salesman with no right to an opinion. film with his signature. The director, who too has had to face the challenge of debuting in Hollywood with a strongly genre film and therefore conforming to certain aesthetic and narrative canons, would also consider denying the film, distancing himself from it, and removing his name from artist credits. In the end, Heitor Dalia decided not to take this extreme decision, but that didn’t stop him from complaining about “Hollywood society” to Brazilian newspapers.