I Saw the TV Glow Interview: Making an A24 Film Was a Dream Come True for Jane Schoenbrun

Jane Schoenbrun’s narrative directorial debut, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, but that happened in 2021 when the festival was entirely virtual. A huge achievement nonetheless, but one that didn’t give Schoenbrun the opportunity they had while in Park City for the festival this year — the opportunity to celebrate their latest film, I Saw the TV Glow, with a wildly enthusiastic crowd that made the debut screening a truly unforgettable shared experience.

Ian Foreman and Justice Smith lead the film as Owen — Forman in his younger years and Smith as a young adult. Owen’s a “conflicted and deeply repressed” kid just trying to make it through growing up in the suburbs. However, everything changes when Owen meets Brigette Lundy-Paine’s Maddy, a “cooler older girl” who’s extremely into the late-night TV show, The Pink Opaque. As described by Schoenbrun, The Pink Opaque “is maybe a little too scary for kids and teenagers, and that's why they like it.” As Owen’s own obsession with the show grows, his view of reality cracks more and more.

Soon after I Saw the TV Glow’s world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Schoenbrun, Lundy-Paine, and Lindsey Jordon swung by the Collider interview studio brought to you by Film.io to discuss their experience bringing this one-of-a-kind vision to life on screen. Check out this interview to learn about Schoenbrun’s journey from first narrative feature to sophomore effort, Lundy-Paine and Jordon’s biggest burning questions for Schoenbrun after reading the script for the first time, and loads more.

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