Those Familiar With the ‘Loud Quiet Loud’ of the Pixies Will Feel Its Influence in a New Thriller, ‘Strange Darling’

Director J.T. Mollner cites the group’s signature methodology as a factor in crafting ‘Strange Darling’ — that is to say, abruptly juxtaposing the abrasive and the tender, the overbearing and the intimate.

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Willa Fitzgerald in 'Strange Darling.' Via Magenta Light

The cross pollination of mediums that occurs when an artist crafts an object — whether it be a book, film, poem, or painting — is an inevitable phenomenon. Creative types absorb inspiration from all around: filmmakers from painting, musicians from sculpture, poets from dance, like that. Art is nothing if it doesn’t embody aims and inclinations that stem from outside its immediate purview. 

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