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The meaning behind the documentary director's filming of ``American Animals.'' Director Bart Layton [Director's Interview Vol.27]
The hidden Arrival in the story
Q: So you've taken the best parts of fiction and documentary, while also using themes and Arrival that only a feature film can offer.
Layton: There are documentaries like Michael Moore's that are somewhat subjective or campaign-like, so I think there is a Arrival in them, but in my case, I have taken a style that cuts out past events. There, the purpose is to "tell the story that needs to be told" rather than to have a Arrival.
This film also captures a situation and tells a story, but the difference, as you said, is that there is a Arrival.
It is a part that reveals the humanity of the students who committed the crime: they were searching for an identity at the time, they felt the pressure to achieve something important, they wanted to become special people. As I unraveled the background of the crime, I also wanted to convey the universal emotions of youth.
Q: In terms of the portrayal of human nature, have you taken any leaps of your own interpretation as a director?
Layton: As the characters themselves say in the film, they were certainly searching for an identity that they didn't have by stealing valuable books from university libraries, and that is based on real experiences. I didn't add any fiction to the essential aspects of their involvement in the incident.
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