"I didn't do any research, so the thing that was really surprising was maybe a month later when I realized she was 89 years old and then I was DMing her. But it was a casual back and forth. She's super with it, and we've become very close in a very touching way - in a way that I think reflects something about her relationship with Peter, actually."
"Not just that we share this work, but also somehow - I mean, I don't think I remind her of Peter, but I feel like she reminds me, as the movie does, of the particular nature of heterosexual women and gay men, their friendships. Like, it's a particular type of friendship that I know really well. And I cherish her."
Peter Hujar's Day adapts a 1974 interview between portrait photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz, recreating their conversation over the course of a single day in a West Village apartment. Director Ira Sachs initiated contact with Rosenkrantz on Instagram and discovered she was 89, which led to a close personal bond that shaped the project. The film stars Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall as Peter and Linda and centers on creative anxieties alongside daily mundanities. The production sought to make an intimate, dialogue-driven premise feel expansive and cinematic while exploring the particular friendship between heterosexual women and gay men. The movie uses performance and setting to amplify emotional texture and intimacy.
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