Kristen Stewart Explains the Plot of Sundance Pilot ‘Love Me’
Kristen Stewart attends the Sundance Film Festival Opening Ceremony: Celebrating 40 Years at the DiJoria Center in Utah on January 18, 2024.
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As far as festival publicity goes, the plot is described by filmmaking team Sam and Andy Zuchero Loved Me It is one of the more unique entries, leaving many Sundance attendees wondering what it could mean.
“Long after humanity is extinct, a floater and a satellite meet online and fall in love,” reads the official Sundance listing, which immediately brings to mind a whole host of questions. So Hollywood Reporter I got as close to the source as possible on Thursday night by asking Kristen Stewart, who stars opposite Steven Yeun in the indie pilot Zuchero, how to describe it and what it all means.
“The film jumps on the throat of identity. It’s really an attempt to connect any feeling we have to a word, identifier, flag or stake. Every five minutes we can fluctuate, and the overriding echo is that if we kind of inhaled the Internet, and if we all died right now and our footprint had this kind of echo of disparity, I would be… Sundance: “I’m proud of it.” “Like, love me. We just want to be like, ‘Can you see me? What’s mine? Am I anything? Am I special? I don’t know. Am I worthy of love? I don’t know.’ “It’s a film about identity and it changes every 30 seconds, every millisecond, just the words pasted on it, the kind of feelings and images pasted on the identity. They’re constantly changing.”
get it? If not, don’t worry. Pre-festival insiders noted that this is the kind of film that demands to be seen to be understood. Sundance attendees will get the chance starting Friday when the film has its world premiere where Stewart will join Yeun and the filmmakers. It’s a welcome experience for Stewart who, before this year, had seen 10 projects screened in Park City, and is back with two more for the 40th edition. In addition to Loved MeShe also stars in Rose Glass Love lies bleeding.
“It’s great to be here now, just to be out in the world now,” Stewart said. THR When asked about the range of projects she is working on, including the Queer Project Love lies bleeding. “I think there are forms, languages and colors that we haven’t looked at yet. We’ve been making the same film over and over again and trying to turn to pastries to find ourselves inside those films. And it’s not impossible. The reason we want to make films is because we love them, but they’re not for all of us yet, “And it’s starting to be for all of us because we all make it. Or at least maybe that’s what we say we do. Let’s see if we really do it.”
she tries. Stewart said recently diverse She won’t work on another project until she can get her first feature film, Water chronology, off the ground and in production. “This was extreme,” Stewart noted. “But I wouldn’t really do that. I should do that, and I think Sundance is definitely a place to understand that the only reason you’re making something is because you need to do it. There’s this kind of essential, vital thing about making marginalized art and staying on the margins and then getting there.” To a place where you feel like, dude, we hear you. If I keep working for other people, even if I’m inspired and absolutely love these stories, what do I do? Of course I want to make my movie. Yeah, that’s all I want to do.”
But for now, all you want to do is bask in the Sundance glow.
“The biggest thing I’ve learned is that when I hear that a film I’ve been in has been accepted here, I’m thrilled. There are so many ways to be with audiences. There are so many ways to be with their fellow human beings. Reaching people here is deep, tangible, real and personal.” The first time I came here I was about 14 and I’ve been back a few times and things have never been the same.
She continued, “Sundance seems to be the best. I wish I had a better word for it, but I’ve always wanted to be in the land of[Evan Rachel Wood]and Jena Malone and Natalie Portman. I’ve always said, if I could go hang out there, I’d be very happy.” And I got to do this a lot. I love this place so much.
Watch her full red carpet interview below.
