When director Peter Strickland wrote “In Fabric,” a fever dream about a bewitching department store and a haunted red dress, it wasn’t intended to be a critique of consumer culture. “And because I think self-reference is entertaining in work, I thought it’d be hilarious for me to play that part. (Ari Wegner / A24)AdvertisementOne store in particular informed Strickland’s attitude toward department stores: the now -shuttered Jacksons in Reading, England. “It was an old department store, which I always found fascinating,” he said, describing it as “theatrical and flamboyant” but also sinister. I think if you’re watching a horror film, the moments of horror become accentuated when they’re balanced with levity.”

Source: Los Angeles Times December 06, 2019 20:37 UTC