Lynne Ramsay Continues Shaping ‘Die My Love’ Mentally
Director Lynne Ramsay has been refining her films throughout her career, often presenting intense character studies focused on fractured psyches. Ramsay has brought all her movies to the Cannes Film Festival.
Ramsay’s Cannes Journey
- 1999: Debut film Ratcatcher depicted a poor Glasgow boy affected by tragedy and mysteriously connected to a canal.
- Morvern Callar: Featured Samantha Morton as a woman who claims authorship of her dead boyfriend’s manuscript after disposing of his body in the Scottish mountains.
- 2011: We Need to Talk About Kevin, a controversial film portraying a mother’s mental turmoil following her son’s school shooting using a bow and arrow.
- 2017: You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a PTSD-afflicted mercenary, earned Ramsay the Best Screenplay award at Cannes.
‘Die My Love’ and Its Impact
After an eight-year break, Ramsay returned with Die My Love, which sparked divided opinions during its May screening at Cannes’ Croisette. She continues to reimagine and "cut" the film mentally, even after its festival debut.
“Die My Love” director Lynne Ramsay talks cuts since Cannes, reception at the festival, and how she knows when a movie...
This ongoing mental editing underscores Ramsay’s dedication to perfecting her cinematic expression.
Author’s Summary
Lynne Ramsay persistently refines her films in her mind, with a career marked by psychologically intense and divisive works showcased at Cannes.