Boundaries become blurred with regard to any number of Ford’s central themes and preoccupations. The murky fascination of Nocturnal Animals lies, however, in the film’s inability to follow its own advice. Be careful what you most wish for in life: the thrill of any chase comes with a less obvious, but no less real, capacity to chill in tow. Among other things, Ford strives to extract from Austin Wright’s 1993 source novel Tony and Susan a morality tale about flip sides. In this, it both echoes and amplifies its two central protagonists’ shared state of extreme psychic uncertainty. More surprising, perhaps, is the extent to which the movie palpably aches to let it all hang out. A Focus Features release.īreaking news: Nocturnal Animals, fashion designer-turned-filmmaker Tom Ford’s second feature, is never knowingly underdressed. Produced by Robert Salerno and Tom Ford directed by Tom Ford screenplay by Tom Ford, based on the novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright cinematography by Seamus McGarvey editing by Joan Sobel and Deborah Richardson production design by Shane Valentino costume design by Arianne Phillips and Donald Mowat music by Abel Korzeniowski starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
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