T U L L Y | P E R S P E C T I V E 4 3
My first in-person meeting with Jason occurred in
Toronto over a slice of pie in Kensington Market.
We talked more about personal relationships
and the characters than about the design of the
film. Tully isn't just a film about motherhood and
family, but also about growing up and perceptions
of adulthood. We talked about the characters and
their life trajectories, about who Charlize Theron's
character Marlo was, about how and why she came
to choose her husband and how she remembered
her younger self. Early discussions involved
delving into our own personal histories and
finding common threads in our lives that we could
bring to the characters in this movie.
I began my design process like I usually do,
gathering images, but added the element of
searching for story. Researching images online
A. MARLO'S LIVING ROOM,
PRODUCTION STILL.
