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In the candy-coated black comedyDo Revenge, payback is best served in pastel with a side of Glennergy.
Here, she walks us through her inspirations in her own words.
The style: Winona Ryder grunge meets Fran Fine couture.
I didnt want to chase trends.
It was way more about interrogatingCluelessandCruel Intentionsand the movies that inspired me.
Where did those movies take inspiration from?
The costumes werent necessarily inspired by those films.
Dreas were inspired by 90s runways.
So what is theDo Revengeversion of that?
The other thing from which I took a lot of inspiration for Drea wasThe Nanny.
Theres thisInstagram for all of Fran Fines costumes, and she wore a ton of couture.
Theyre such textured Miami films.
They never felt like sets.
For me, details are everything.
Each of the homes in the film is filled with very specific details for the characters.
Eleanors and Maxs houses dont make sense for that.
But Dreas house is something that has been in South Miami for years and hasnt really been touched.
Her mom has probably lived there forever.
We wanted Dreas house to become a little bit spooky for the Eleanor reveal.
So we copied the smoky windows from Catherine Keeners apartment inOut of Sightand put them into Dreas apartment.
Theres literally a direct lift into our film.
The look: Like John Hughes fucked Wes Anderson.
I went to the DP and I was like, I want to re-create this shot.
That bridge is entirely CG.
Wes Andersonis obviously the king of the symmetrical wide shot.
The look of his films really inspired me in how I approached shooting.
I wanted every frame to feel like a painting or a picture.
I wanted the world to feel intentionally beautiful and perfect and to juxtapose the duplicity of the characters.
The twists: More than just the usual suspects.
Wild Thingsis another Miami film with an insane amount of twists.
Again, very different story, different twist and reveal.
The voice-over: Think Tracy Flick in plaid and pastels.
I wanted to be inside their heads more.
A film that did a really good job of that wasElection.
They make subtle remarks hinting that this has already happened and theyve already learned the lesson.
It adds a little bit of uneasiness to the story.
Easter egg: Hitchcock on the tennis court.
The party: Glamorous enough to impress Jay Gatsby and Marie Antoinette.
Another movie that inspired me for the admission party was Sofia CoppolasMarie Antoinette.
I wanted it to be dripping with opulence but in a very candy-coated, glittery way.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
