'Waves,' director Trey Edward Shults' 'deeply, deeply personal story,' bonds its actors through its depiction of family trauma and redemption
Nearly 40 years after the release of “Ordinary People,” which remains one of American film’s most moving, wrenching and resonant family dramas, comes writer-director Trey Edward Shults’ “Waves,” another acclaimed, affecting portrait of familial trauma that bears more than a passing resemblance, in all the best ways, to 1980’s Oscar-winning picture.
Recently, over quiche, protein drinks and wellness juice shots at a West Hollywood hotel, Shults , 31, and stars Harrison and Russell , both 25, spoke with thoughtful enthusiasm about their personal connections to the family in “Waves.”Trey, your films are all about family in one way or another. Can you talk about the conception of “Waves” and how its family story evolved?
Kel, I read that when you were a teen you and your dad had similar sorts of conflicts as Tyler has with his father.My dad [jazz artist Kelvin Harrison Sr.] is an insanely good musician so he really wanted me to be the best jazz pianist and trumpet player that I could be. But the practice and performing [proved so rigorous] … that I finally told him, “This is not fun anymore. It’s not a hobby, it’s not setting me up for anything.
In my personal life, I was an Emily type: I kind of fell into the background too, just based on the needs of my brothers. In hindsight, it did make me a different kind of person and more independent, which I think it also makes Emily.
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