“I find it a massively affecting film, with its menace and its underbelly,” Grandage says.
you’ve got the option to’t do that if you just fade to black."
The filmmaker had very clear ideas and references for how to approach sex on screen.
Tom (Harry Styles) and Patrick (David Dawson) enjoy a Venice getaway in ‘My Policeman.'.PARISA TAGHIZADEH/Amazon Prime
From their first conversations, Grandage wanted each physical moment to have “its own narrative flow.”
Sex becomes Marion’s way to convince herself that her husband wants her.
For Patrick and Tom, sex is more about the “ease and abandonment.”
Much ofMy Policemantakes a similar artistic approach, even beyond the sex scenes.
Scenes of Tom teaching a smitten Marion how to swim at a public pool emulate sun-soaked vintage photographs.
“That seems to be a glorious theme for me to be able to explore.”
My Policemanopens in theaters Oct. 21 and globally on Amazon’s Prime Video Nov. 4.
