“[But] George Michael himself [was] a complex and brilliant artist.
His poetry, his lyrics are incredibly meaningful.
‘Heal the Pain’ is central to the ethos of the movie.
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“I was built by books.
I was built by writers like Dickens, like Austen, like Eliot.
“It’s a love letter to London,” she says.
“We notice so little; we just keep looking at our phones.
And we’ve stopped connecting to the outside world.”
Not to mention, it’s straining her relationship with her family.
Thompson says she was most interested in investigating the impacts of chronic illness on an entire family.
“It often really unbalances families.
Children become resentful of one another or they feel responsible or there’s survivor’s guilt.”
“It affected him a lot, and he was extremely active in trying to do something about that.
Art moves in mysterious ways.”
It’s absolutely universal.
Last Christmashits theaters Nov. 8.
