Andrea Arnold

"My films don't give you an easy ride. I can see that. The sense I get is that people have quite a physical experience with them. They feel afterwards that they've really been through something." - A.A.

"I think the mystery in films is really important. And that if we try to explain things too much then you take out the fun of the film. [...] I think that [mystery] has to unravel in the film, and I leave room for people to put themselves - or to work it out or to go argue in the bar afterwards. But if I explain it, I feel like then we take the mystery of film away. And I feel like we overexplain everything in life, and I am desperate to leave it." - A.A.

WASP


AMERICAN HONEY
Written & Directed by Andrea Arnold
Starring Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, Raymond Coalson, Chad McKenzie Cox, Verronikah Ezell, Arielle Holmes, Garry Howell, Crystal B. Ice, McCaul Lombardi, Shawna Rae Moseley, Dakota Powers, Isaiah Stone, Kenneth Kory Tucker, Christopher David Wright, Will Patton, Bruce Gregory,

"I take most of my inspiration for each film based on the world that I’m exploring. I do a lot of research and immerse myself in the places and with the people that I’m going to make the film about. That’s absolutely where I get my inspiration from. I find real life and real people really inspiring." - A.A.

INTERVIEW

(Sources: The Guardian Article Andrea Arnold: 'I don't do easy rides' by Ryan Gilbey / NPR Fresh Air Interview with Terry Gross / IndieWire, Graham Winfrey Cannes: Andrea Arnold on the 'Difficult Times' Making 'American Honey' on the Road in the U.S.)