At first, Clint Bentley wasn’t sure if Adolpho Veloso would relate to “Train Dreams,” an adaptation of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella. There is only one scene in “Train Dreams” that uses any artificial light, a pivotal moment in which Robert (Joel Edgerton) runs through a wall of flames. Felicity Jones and Joel Edgerton in “Train Dreams.” (Netflix)“Whenever we would shoot nature, we would frame it the same way we would be framing a person,” Veloso says. “Whenever we were shooting Robert, we left a lot of space around him to convey the power that the environment has on us and what we feel, and vice versa. “How do you shoot a movie where they’re supposed to be cutting those trees, but they cannot even get close to those trees?” Veloso says.

Source: The Times February 16, 2026 15:32 UTC