The funny thing about 'Take Shelter' is that a lot of people talk about how it was allegory for the economy and things that were to happen. And that was so on the nose in the movie for me. I was like, 'That's obvious.' It's the other stuff about marriage and commitment and those other things that I spent the most time thinking about.
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Jeff Nichols was a contemporary American filmmaker. Jeffrey Ryan Nichols is an American filmmaker, director, screenwriter, and producer. His films are characterized by their Southern United States backdrop and ambience, depictions of rural and working class characters and their struggles, American masculinity, and the cultural clash between traditionalism and modernism. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it