“Luca Guadagnino’s New Film After the Hunt Starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield Features Themes and Character Conflicts that Speak to the #METOOO MOVEMENT. SO WHAT WAS The ITALIAN FILMMAKER TRYING TO SAY By USING OPENING CREDITS INSPIRED by the Films of Woody Allen? That’s one of the quests guadagnino fielded duda”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
That’s One of the Questions Guadagnino Fielded Durying the Film’s Official Press Conference at the Venice Film Festival on Friday (Courtesy of Indiewire’s Ryan Lattanzio).
“The Crass Answer would be, Who not?” Guadagnino ANSWERED BEFORE A More Lengu Take. “WHEN I STARTED THINKING About This Movie with My Collaborators in Front of the Camera and Behind the Camera – Malik Hassan Sayeed, Director of Photography, Stefano Bais. [on costume design] – We Couldn’t Stop Thinking of [Woody Allen films] Crimes and MisdemeanorsAnother Woman or Even Hannah and Her Sisters. And there was an infrastructure to the story that felt very linked to the Great Oeuvre of Woody Allen Between 1985 and 1991. ”
Guadagnino Said He’s Played with the style of credits “a few Times before this” in his earlier work. But, Because his Film After the hunt Features Plot Points About Assault and Misconduct, IT Also Made Sense Considering Allen’s History of Facing Sexual Misconduct Allegations from his Adopted Daughter.
“I felt it waso sort an interesting nod to thinking of an artist who have, in a Way, Facing Some Som Sort of Problems About His Being, And What Is Our Responsibality in Looking, Woody Allen, ”Guadagnino Continued. “And, by the Way, It’s A Classic, that Kind of Font. I Just Want to Conclude It’s Such A Classic That It Goes Beyond Woody Allen.”
After the hunt is Described as psychologic Drama Drama About College Professor Alma ImHoff (Roberts) Who Finds Herslf at a Personal and Professional Crossroads When Star Student Maggie (Garfield) of Assault. As evnts unfold, a dark secret from the Professor’s Past Threatens to be ReveAled. Guadagnino Directed from A Script by Nora Garrett.
Guadagnino, Roberts, Edebiri and Garfield in Venice On Aug. 29, 2025. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
Guadagnino said he was “Very Much Imprassed” by Garrett’s Script WHEN HE RECEIVED IT, AND IT CAME TO HIM at the Perfect Time Because Hew of Having The Same Sort of. “What do west who we have we are look for Power? Who west Power? Wy DO WE FIGHT Over Getting Power in Our Hands and Taking It Off Other People’s Hands?”? ” Guadagnino Mused.
Earlier in the Press Conference, He Said Another Reason He Was Drawn to the Material is Because of How It Addresses Truth. “Everyone has theirir Own TRUTHS. IT’S NOT THAT ONE TRUTH IS A MORE IMPORTANT THAN The Other. It’s How We Seie the Clash of Truths and What is the Boundary of the TESE TROTHS TOGETHER.
After the hunt Team have it World Premiere Friday Evening Here on the Lido Inside Sala Grande, While Amazon Mgm Studios Will Release the Film on Oct. 17. The 82nd Edition of the Venice Film Festival Runs Aug. 27-Sept. 6.