We Go Way Back is the story of young actress named Kate, who reflects on the youthful dreams of her 13-year-old self when dealing with the dissatisfaction of her adult reality. The film originally debuted in 2006, and opens in New York today. We recently caught up with director Lynn Shelton’s (Humpday), to talk about the film:
There have been many stories about ones adult reality not living up to childhood dreams, in a sense I think coming of age is the point when we learn and accept that, but you provided an interesting twist to this by having Kate be confronted by her childhood self. Where did that idea come from?
I think it was where I was at in my life at that moment. For some reason I just had been thinking about these different selves that I had been, so it definitely came from an autobiographical starting place,...
There have been many stories about ones adult reality not living up to childhood dreams, in a sense I think coming of age is the point when we learn and accept that, but you provided an interesting twist to this by having Kate be confronted by her childhood self. Where did that idea come from?
I think it was where I was at in my life at that moment. For some reason I just had been thinking about these different selves that I had been, so it definitely came from an autobiographical starting place,...
- 4/30/2011
- by Kristen Coates
- The Film Stage
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