![]() ![]() The distance between what’s real and what’s not in in Katz’s latest can also be felt, if not touched, in the relationship between a movie star named Heather (Zoe Kravitz) and her assistant Jill (Lola Kirke), which confuses the issue further by making the latter the star of “Gemini.” Inspired by interactions that he witnessed while considering a pop star to cast in a potential sci-fi project, the writer/director mulls the proximity to fame and the blurred personal/professional lines that Jill experiences in her work maintaining the illusion of her boss’ lavish lifestyle, scanning social media for threats to the actress’ carefully curated image and covering for her professional tardiness after late nights of karaoke in Koreatown, until something happens that simply can’t be excused. There’s a gauzy quality to way he and Reed envision Los Angeles as if dreams have fogged up the lens, often cut through with the bold colors that light up the city at night that can be as intoxicating in their sharpness as much as they should be read as signs of caution. Of course for many who flock to Hollywood, what’s in mind rarely manifests itself physically once they arrive to town and in “Gemini,” Katz splits the difference between what one hopes La La Land to be and its grimy underbelly so vividly that he renders truth about the city that reality itself isn’t so immediately forthcoming with. ![]() “As soon as we thought of that, we were thinking, ‘Okay, how do we do we actually do this? Is it going to be like it is in our imagination?’ Once we did it, it’s pretty much exactly like it was in my head.” “It was actually walking back from scouting another location, the Italian restaurant at the beginning, is also close to my house and my DP and I were walking back and we thought we should maybe shoot on this street and we started looking at it and then we got the idea to do this upside down thing,” recalls Katz. noir that turns the genre on its ear, it came as a surprise to writer/director Aaron Katz as well, even though the tree is right around the corner from where he lives. If the striking opening shot of “Gemini” takes you aback, the image of an upside down palm tree that perfectly sets the tone for an L.A. ![]()
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