More than eight decades later, filmmakers are still finding innovative ways to reveal different perspectives on World War II. This time, Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen tackles this horrific subject through the eyes of a young child. “[The narrative] “It makes us refocus our gaze,” McQueen said on Deadline's Contenders Film: Los Angeles on Saturday, speaking about the nuances of adults losing their childish curiosity. “I always think about when my daughter was about two years old and Autumn showed me a leaf. [The innocence of the gesture] It refocuses your view on what is right. When did we start settling? When did we stop listening? When did we stop seeing?
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The film is written and directed by McQueen, Apple Original Films Raid The film follows the journey of George (Elliott Heiferman), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London, who is sent to safety in the English countryside by his mother, Rita (Saoirse Ronan). George, defiant and determined to return to his mother and grandfather's home in East London, sets off on an adventure, only to find himself in great danger, while his distraught mother searches for her missing son.
By focusing the story on a young boy, McQueen continued, “I wanted to do this in a way where we could re-see things again, refocus so we could understand all the things.” [about war] To which we have become numb. When I saw this photo of this child, during the search, who was going to be evacuated, I thought that seeing it through his eyes could help us reconsider the story of World War II. It had been told and told and told, but through the eyes of a child, she thought it could be told with much more force.
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To capture wartime customs and mannerisms, Ronan had to work with a dialect coach to revive the now-waning East London accent, also known as Cockney. “I feel like every actor who's not from London could easily slip into that accent,” the Irish actor said. “But I realized very quickly through working with a dialect coach that there was this old voice that we didn't actually have anymore. That was a really great gateway into the character, because what I found really fascinating about the way the working classes spoke, but it was They also had this effectiveness in their sound because they wanted to appear more structured and appropriate for women [during that time] Always make an effort with their appearance no matter what they are going through in their daily life. So it was just a really useful tool that I had throughout the whole shoot.
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