When you’re David O. Russell and you have the money of fashion powerhouse Prada behind you to make a short film for the brand, you can pretty much get whoever you want to come join in the fun. And that’s just what Russell did, working his phone and snagging Allison Williams, Freida Pinto, and Kuoth Wiel to lead “Past Forward,” with appearances by John Krasinski, Sinqua Walls, Sacha Baron Cohen, Connie Britton, Thomas Matthews, Miuccia Prada, Sarah Paulson, Zoey Deutch, Milla Jovovich, Logan Lerman, Zosia Mamet, Demi Moore, Mandy Moore, Olivia Munn, Fuschia Kate Sumner, Christoph Waltz, and Kate Mara. Damn.
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Running 14 minutes long, the surreal film plays with identity, and presents no shortage of dreamy imagery, with Russell pointing to classic cinema as an influence. “It was great for me to have three different actresses in one role and three different men in one role — especially in today’s society. Seeing three different cultures in one part, which is a classic kind of an iconic role like in a Hitchcock film, is something we haven’t always seen. For me, it’s interesting,” he told Variety.
Check out the full and quite stylish short below. [No Film School]