Reminiscent of the signage in Martin McDonagh Oscar winning film, with black text on a red background, some Billboards-inspired signs read, “To gun violence, we can’t respond with silence,” “We want a shot at our future, not to be shot.”

Chloé Zhao decided to make a film about cowboy Brady’s struggles, both physically and emotionally, as he comes to terms with his severe brain injury.

I remember we just had our second daughter and we were sitting on the couch, and he pitched me the idea, and I went like, you need to direct that movie. I can see it in you John, you have struck gold here, there is something here and you have connected to it–Emily Blunt

Never stick a gun in a movie star’s hands. Never stick a gun in anyone’s hands if you can help it–Aronofsky

I would like to be able to draw parallels between Loveless and Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage, transplanted to a different era and acted out by different characters: urbanites devoid of any real self-awareness or doubt, an average middle-class couple today.