The Beguiled

Anne Ross, my production designer, a couple of years ago told me, “You have to see The Beguiled. You need to make a new version of it or make a remake.” And I was like, “I would never remake a film.” But I saw it, and it just stayed in my mind. I thought it’d be interesting to tell the same story, but flip it to the women characters’ point of view — the idea of these women cut off during that time, left behind during the war.

It's fascinating that Sophia Coppola is filming this story from the female perspective. I haven't seen the original film, but will watch it tonight and when this is released, will make a small comparative study between the two, from the angle of where our empathies are being directed to fall.

I predict that there will be more remakes of movies from a female perspective, and I suspect the first will be Lolita. It's absolutely crying out for a female angle!