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I wasn't familiar with this movie until now. How much does official marketing material mention Amanda Knox? From a quick look up, she doesn't appear to be in th

I wasn't familiar with this movie until now. How much does official marketing material mention Amanda Knox? From a quick look up, she doesn't appear to be in the official synopsis on e.g. Rotten Tomatoes. Because, hypothetical thought experiment here: --- Let's say Tom McCarthy had the idea for a screenplay while watching the Amanda Knox trial. He doesn't know, at that point, whether she is guilty or innocent, and it really doesn't matter—the case is just inspiration for a fictional story, which can play out however the author wishes. So he makes that movie, and it's in production, and one day in an interview a reporter asks "Where did you get the idea for this movie?" Maybe they even ask "This story seems kind of similar to the Amanda Knox case, was that an inspiration?" At this point, does Tom McCarthy need to lie, or decline to answer? Should he not be allowed to share his creative process with the world? Or, perhaps he just never should have made the movie in the first place... but that seems wrong, doesn't it? Creatives get inspiration from all sorts of odd places, and I don't want to limit them! --- Again, I have no idea if the real situation played out like this at all, and in fact, I'm just going to guess that it was far more egregious. But it's what I was thinking about when reading this piece.

aaron695 5y ago
Matt Damon kinda panics when asked (3:00 mark) - https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1392101154650271749 https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1392101154650271749 So there is a lot in what you are saying. They have not shut the idea down though, because they know it means a lot of money. Just like the people asking know it means money for their ratings. Amanda Knox has made them a lot of money with this article which has blown it up more. She has also gotten her blog out and now I'm listening to her podcast. It's her only way to profit on all this. The movie maker is not in wrong. The movie is about a violent Dad as far as I can see. It's the media who's been here the whole time.
dml2135 5y ago
> Or, perhaps he just never should have made the movie in the first place... but that seems wrong, doesn't it? Creatives get inspiration from all sorts of odd places, and I don't want to limit them! I thing the point of this article is no, that's not wrong. The story was clearly based on Amanda Knox, and making this movie perpetuates the harm that has been done to her. This isn't an exercise of creative freedom, it's an exploitive cash grab.
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago
  But it's hard to not get inspiration from the real world, isn't it? How much would the writers have to change before the movie was no longer about Amanda Knox? Would it be sufficient to change her gender? What if it took place in the nineteenth century, or in a Game of Thrones-esque fantasy universe? Or would it all be for naught as soon as a reporter asked the right interview question?
  - ghaff 5y ago
    One of the most successful franchises on TV, "Law and Order," at least used to frequently advertise episodes as "ripped from the headlines."
dkersten 5y ago
The article explains this, that Tom McCarthy mentioned her in a Vanity Fair promotional interview. Nobody said they put it on posters or anything.
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago
  But was that the first time Amanda Knox's name had been mentioned in connection with this movie? I guess what I'm wondering is, how did we get to the point where she was mentioned in seemingly every critical review of the film? Is Amanda Knox's name really that powerful?

aaron695 5y ago

Matt Damon kinda panics when asked (3:00 mark) - https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1392101154650271749 https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1392101154650271749 So there is a lot in what you are saying. They have not shut the idea down though, because they know it means a lot of money. Just like the people asking know it means money for their ratings. Amanda Knox has made them a lot of money with this article which has blown it up more. She has also gotten her blog out and now I'm listening to her podcast. It's her only way to profit on all this. The movie maker is not in wrong. The movie is about a violent Dad as far as I can see. It's the media who's been here the whole time.

dml2135 5y ago

> Or, perhaps he just never should have made the movie in the first place... but that seems wrong, doesn't it? Creatives get inspiration from all sorts of odd places, and I don't want to limit them! I thing the point of this article is no, that's not wrong. The story was clearly based on Amanda Knox, and making this movie perpetuates the harm that has been done to her. This isn't an exercise of creative freedom, it's an exploitive cash grab.

Wowfunhappy 5y ago
But it's hard to not get inspiration from the real world, isn't it? How much would the writers have to change before the movie was no longer about Amanda Knox? Would it be sufficient to change her gender? What if it took place in the nineteenth century, or in a Game of Thrones-esque fantasy universe? Or would it all be for naught as soon as a reporter asked the right interview question?
- ghaff 5y ago
  One of the most successful franchises on TV, "Law and Order," at least used to frequently advertise episodes as "ripped from the headlines."

dkersten 5y ago

The article explains this, that Tom McCarthy mentioned her in a Vanity Fair promotional interview. Nobody said they put it on posters or anything.

Wowfunhappy 5y ago
But was that the first time Amanda Knox's name had been mentioned in connection with this movie? I guess what I'm wondering is, how did we get to the point where she was mentioned in seemingly every critical review of the film? Is Amanda Knox's name really that powerful?