Kristen Stewart, after showing off her acting chops, is moving behind the camera to direct. The chronology of water will serve as her first feature film as a director.
But she wants to direct more as the actress aims to bring more female voices to the big screen.
“I think a female voice-over is that [something] we just really lack an externalized feminine perspective. I can’t wait to make another movie. I can’t wait to play the female ‘Taxi Driver’ where we get a really solid set of inner perspectives that never stops,” the Twilight star tells IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast.
For her directorial debut, Kristen says many in the industry advised her against making the film, based on Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir of the same name.
“I was discouraged for years. I was convinced that the form of the novel was inspiring and not the detailed plot. It feels like a life flashing before your eyes.”
“And it’s very difficult to write that down, because the emotional connective tissue has to be connected so briefly that it has to be discovered,” she says.
It’s worth noting that Lidia released her critically acclaimed memoir, The Chronology of Water, in 2010. It is a powerful account of Lidia’s life.
