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1. soulof+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-12-28 14:57:25
I do generally separate the art from the artist, it just sucks given that Seimetz starred in Upstream Color, which is definitely proximal.

For example, I recently watched It Ends with Us, a book-turned-movie about a woman, played by Blake Lively, dealing with physical and sexual abuse from her boyfriend, played by Justin Baldoni, who also directed the movie. Well, it just came out that he and other staff sexually harassed her constantly throughout the filming of the movie. That would make any rewatch significantly more difficult for me, as I know that Lively did not enjoy the process and that the director, someone with power over her, treated her as such.

Personal issues aside, Carruth ultimately had a professional responsibility to Seimetz which he broke, and his subsequent behavior and general rejection of the Hollywood apparatus means we likely won't get any more films from him.

However, I don't want to derail the discussion away from Upstream Color or Carruth's other work. Just mentioned that because it saddened me.

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