Lynne Ramsay ‘s filmmaking approach involves quick thinking and fearless actors willing to trust her instincts — even when that means crawling through grass like animals with just 10 minutes’ notice.
Speaking at a BFI London Film Festival ‘s Screen Talk on Saturday, the Scottish director revealed how she salvaged a crucial proposal scene in her latest film “Die My Love” when the light was dropping during the shoot. With no time to complete a conventional scene, Ramsay made an on-the-spot decision.
“I crawl up to him, and I’m like, what we going to do?” she recalled of consulting with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey. “We both look at each other and go, this is it… He gets down to their level in this field, and that’s how he asked to marry her.”
Ramsay had to run up to stars Robert Pa