Anna Kendrick On Directing "Woman of the Hour" and Putting Shame Where it Belongs | Crime Junkie AF | Forensic Files

I there's um one scene in particular when you talk about them having such a short time to make an impact where this
girl's like unpacking her new apartment and I remember like just feeling so much
like God I remember being like you know my very first place and you're in a new city and you feel like such a like a big
kid with your whole life in front of you and I remember that just being like the
emotion as I was watching that and being like Oh God so even in like you just get
like a brief moment with each of those women and and it was just done so well yeah and you know I I'm sure that
um the listeners are very very into as they should be like the details and accuracy factual accuracy and there are
so many details in the movie that are lifted straight from the the true story but you know just the way you're talking
even about that scene with the apartment you know um it just reminds me that part
of the objective was also to give each woman that we meet like quite a different personality and quite
different kind of entry point to how they meet this man how they interact with this man because again like
emotionally it felt important to kind of establish it wouldn't matter what your personality is and how you meet a person
or how careful you are or how sweet you are or how tough you try to seem like none of that guarantees your protection
from someone if they're determined to harm you yeah um and and even though there I think there are really really
interesting things in the movie around like the ways that some of these women manage to
survive it also feels like an exercise in at least putting the shame where it belongs which is in the hands of a
person who's harmful

Ashely Flowers sat down with Anna Kendrick to discuss her choices as a first time director in Netflix's Woman of the Hour.

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Brief Summary

The episode discusses a film about women's experiences with a harmful man, focusing on emotional impact and character representation.

Key points

The Impact of First Places. A poignant reflection on moving into a new apartment and the emotions tied to it.
The Complexity of Protection. Exploring how personality doesn't guarantee safety from harm.

Episode highlights

The Complexity of ProtectionExploring how personality doesn't guarantee safety from harm.“None of that guarantees your protection from someone if they're determined to harm you.”1:24Nov 5, 2024

Episode quotes

None of that guarantees your protection from someone if they're determined to harm you.

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