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White Bird in a Blizzard
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- #001
Gregg Araki based Kat Connor's look on Winona Ryder's style from the late 1980s.
- #002
Shailene Woodley was very eager to work with Gregg Araki because she is a big fan of his film Mysterious Skin (2004).
- #003
Star Shailene Woodley told Glamour UK why she decided to take the role knowing it would involve nudity, and said she could not understand why other actresses insist on wearing underwear during sex scenes. "I'm completely comfortable with nudity. I'm not sure it empowers me as an actress or anything, but if I'm going to do a movie with sex scenes, then I'm going to be naked, because I don't know about you, but I don't have sex with a bra and underwear on."
- #004
When Gregg Araki read the original book, it reminded him of American Beauty (1999) and The Ice Storm (1997).
- #005
All of the therapy scenes were shot in a single day.
- #006
This is not the first time Shailene Woodley has appeared nude; she had previously appeared nude in The Spectacular Now (2013).
- #007
Gabourey Sidibe and Angela Bassett had previously worked together on American Horror Story (2011).
- #008
Gregg Araki sees the music as an important part of the project.
- #009
Gregg Araki's favorite shot is the scene in which Kat walks after getting off the bus.
- #010
Gregg Araki saw Eve Connors as a tragic figure rather than a one-dimensional mother.
- #011
Thomas Jane worked on this film for only three days.
- #012
When Shailene Woodley began shooting the parking lot scene, she did not expect Christopher Meloni to embody certain physical aspects of his character.
- #013
Shailene Woodley did her own stunts.
- #014
The exterior of the house was used for both the Connors' house and Hillman's house.
- #015
In the script, Kat would pick up a knife during the dinner scene and throw it at the wall. This part was scrapped because of test screenings.
- #016
The airport scene was shot at a real Ontario airport. The terminal was not in operation.
- #017
The opening scene between Kat and her mother was originally going to be a flashback.
- #018
Shailene Woodley liked the project because Kat shows her sexuality.
- #019
Both Sheryl Lee and Dale Dickey appeared in Winter's Bone (2010).
- #020
To help the cast prepare for the film's 1988 setting, Gregg Araki sent the actors videos of 1988 music such as Nine Inch Nails.
- #021
Shailene Woodley said that 18-year-old Kat sneaks around, while 20-year-old Kat takes herself more seriously.
- #022
This was Mark Indelicato's first film.
- #023
Shailene Woodley stayed far away from the sun for this film. She liked having her hair dyed black.
- #024
While writing the screenplay, Gregg Araki pictured Mark Indelicato for Mickey after seeing Ugly Betty (2006). Several other actors also read for the role of Mickey, but none of the auditions compared to Mark's.
- #025
The plumbing store scene was the first scene shot during production. The producers were close to the airport, and Shailene Woodley and Shiloh Fernandez smoked heavily.
- #026
During the first hour, Shailene Woodley was trying to keep her eyes open because the scene was shot in an air-conditioned warehouse.
- #027
Gregg Araki has been a fan of Sheryl Lee since he saw Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He was very excited to work with her on this film.
- #028
In the actual screenplay, Ava in the snow dream tells Kat the lock combination, but during filming this code was removed.
- #029
It was screened twice in Scotland on 19 and 20 February 2015 as part of the 2015 Glasgow Film Festival.
- #030
Shailene Woodley did not do any ADR for this film.
- #031
Although Woodley's scenes in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) were cut, Thomas Jane, Angela Bassett and Shailene Woodley have all appeared in Marvel films.
- #032
Shailene Woodley liked that May is the complete opposite of Eve.
- #033
The scene in which Kat talks with Detective Scieziesciez in bed at night is one of the last scenes shot. It was the day Shailene Woodley's brother, mother and grandmother came to the set.
- #034
The website Movie Insider refers to this film twice, the second time using the simple title White Bird, and never considers combining the two films.
- #035
Shailene Woodley loves the payphone scene because she likes how young Kat looks with the headband in her hair and her cardigan.
- #036
Shailene Woodley cut her hair before filming began.
- #037
Kat's request that "What" give the bottle to her friend was improvised by Shailene Woodley.
- #038
The 1 hour 13 minute mark was one of Shiloh Fernandez's favorite scenes to do. Shailene Woodley was tense during the filming.
- #039
The church scenes are filmed entirely in the same church.
- #040
Shailene Woodley was excited about the plotline of a woman losing her virginity because she wanted it to be very real.
- #041
The 1 hour 20 minute mark is the last scene Christopher Meloni shot.
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