Exclusive: Interview with Tanna Frederick from Irene in
Time

post from Film School Rejects on 04 July 2009 01:14:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

?There?s freedom within limits.? That?s how Tanna Frederick describes working with independent film guru Henry Jaglom on the new film Irene in Time, a story of a woman trying to come to grips with the problematic relationship with her father.Jaglom, who uses very quick, improvisational techniques in his films, offered Frederick the title role after working with her several times before in both film and theater. ?With Henry?s films, you film them so quickly,? Frederick says of Jaglom?s maverick style. ?There?s never really any breathing room, so you?re just living this life of this person for three weeks straight, and you?re trying to slam out the scenes and get it done.?This style allowed Frederick to become more vulnerable as a character in the film, in which her character plays a neurotic, chronic dater in the L.A. scene. ?It?s a story about fathers and daughters and how that relationship plays itself out on women?s lives and their choices regarding men ? or women ? throughout their lives,? Frederick says. ?It? looks at that powerful love between a father and daughter that transcends time.?Similarly, Frederick had to draw from others? experiences as neurotic daters in research for the film. ?I more of a guy girl. I don?t play games. I?m usually the one who?ll cut it off on the first date if it?s not going to happen,? she says.In fact, to prepare for her role, Frederick ordered a slew of dating books from Amazon. ?There are all these horrible, neurotic books out there,? she says, including the inspiration for the hit film He?s Just Not That Into You. ?After reading them, I was second-guessing everything I did. That helped me play a nutso on these dates because these books make you crazy.?Frederick?s story is one of Hollywood Dreams, to quote the title ...

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