फिल्म निर्माताओं ने मुझसे संपर्क किया था। मैं इस प्रोजेक्ट ["सेलिंग इसोबेल"] के बारे में ज़्यादा नहीं जानती थी, और जैसे-जैसे हमने बात की, वे मुझ पर ज़्यादा भरोसा करने लगे। मैंने स्क्रिप्ट पढ़ी और मुझे यह बहुत दिलचस्प लगी, और फिर एक हफ्ते बाद मुझे पता चला कि यह कोई आम स्क्रिप्ट नहीं है, बल्कि यह असल में फ्रीडा [फारेल] की अपनी कहानी है और वह इसे बयां करने के लिए मुझ पर भरोसा कर रही थीं। मुझे बहुत गर्व महसूस हुआ।
I was approached by the filmmakers. I didn't know much about the project ["Selling Isobel"], and the more we talked, the more they started to confide in me. I read the script and thought it was really interesting, and then a week later I discovered that this wasn't just any old script, this was actually Frida's [Farell] story and she was trusting me to tell it. I felt very privileged.
I was approached by the filmmakers. I didn't know much about the project ["Selling Isobel"], and the more we talked, the more they started to confide in me. I read the script and thought it was really interesting, and then a week later I discovered that this wasn't just any old script, this was actually Frida's [Farell] story and she was trusting me to tell it. I felt very privileged.
सच कहूँ तो, जॉनी टू और डोमिनिक मोल के साथ एक ही [रेंडेंस फिल्म फेस्टिवल] में शामिल होना मेरे लिए सम्मान की बात थी।
To be honest, I was just honored to be in the same festival [ Raindance Film Festival's ] as Johnny To and Dominik Moll.
To be honest, I was just honored to be in the same festival [ Raindance Film Festival's ] as Johnny To and Dominik Moll.
[फ्रीडा फारेल] यह भी चाहती थीं कि यह फिल्म युवा महिलाओं के लिए एक सबक बने - ताकि वे यह समझ सकें, "जब कोई आकर्षक पुरुष आपको किसी ऑडिशन या फोटो शूट के लिए बुलाए, तो सावधान रहें, क्योंकि वह रूप बदलकर आया कोई राक्षस हो सकता है।"
[Frida Farell] also wanted the film to serve as a cautionary tale for young women - to say, "Be careful when an attractive man asks you to go to a casting or a photo shoot, because it might be a demon in disguise."
[Frida Farell] also wanted the film to serve as a cautionary tale for young women - to say, "Be careful when an attractive man asks you to go to a casting or a photo shoot, because it might be a demon in disguise."
वैसे भी सीमित संसाधनों के कारण ["सेलिंग इसोबेल"] जैसी फिल्म बनाना एक कठिन काम था।
It was a tough film ["Selling Isobel"] to make anyway, because we had limited resources.
It was a tough film ["Selling Isobel"] to make anyway, because we had limited resources.
यह घटना लंदन में हुई थी, लेकिन चूँकि हम उस समय लॉस एंजिल्स में रहते थे, इसलिए हमने फिल्म की सेटिंग वहीं कर ली। कुछ विवरण वास्तविक घटना से बिल्कुल मेल खाते हैं, लेकिन हमने फिल्म को ज़्यादा रोमांचक (थ्रिलर) बनाने का फैसला किया ताकि यह अधिक से अधिक दर्शकों तक पहुँच सके। इसीलिए इसका नाम "सेलिंग इसोबेल" रखा गया, "सेलिंग फ्रीडा" नहीं। हम कोई अंधकारमय, निराशाजनक "वीकेंड मूवी" नहीं बनाना चाहते थे।
The incident itself happened in London, but because we were all based at the time in Los Angeles we moved it there. Certain details are almost exactly like the true experience, but we decided to make the film more of a thriller, in the hope that it would reach a bigger audience. That's why it's called "Selling Isobel" and not "Selling Frida." We didn't want to make a dark, depressing "movie-of-the-week."
The incident itself happened in London, but because we were all based at the time in Los Angeles we moved it there. Certain details are almost exactly like the true experience, but we decided to make the film more of a thriller, in the hope that it would reach a bigger audience. That's why it's called "Selling Isobel" and not "Selling Frida." We didn't want to make a dark, depressing "movie-of-the-week."
हमने कहानी के साथ थोड़ी छूट ली है, लेकिन फिल्म ["सेलिंग इसोबेल"] का मुख्य आधार - कि एक शहर की सड़कों पर एक लड़की का अपहरण कर लिया जाता है और उसे तीन दिन और दो रात तक बंधक बनाकर रखा जाता है जबकि अलग-अलग पुरुष आकर उसका फायदा उठाते हैं - बिल्कुल सच है।
We took a fair bit of liberty with the story, but the basic premise of the film ["Selling Isobel" ] - a girl is kidnapped on the streets of a city and held captive for three days and two nights while various men show up and exploit her - is the exact truth.
We took a fair bit of liberty with the story, but the basic premise of the film ["Selling Isobel" ] - a girl is kidnapped on the streets of a city and held captive for three days and two nights while various men show up and exploit her - is the exact truth.
हमने सोचा कि इस फिल्म ["सेलिंग इसोबेल"] को एक इंडी-हॉलीवुड थ्रिलर के रूप में पेश करने से यह युवा महिलाओं के एक बड़े वर्ग को आकर्षित करेगी, जो इस चेतावनी भरी कहानी को देखकर कहेंगी, "रुको, मैं जो करने जा रही हूँ, उसके बारे में मुझे दो बार सोचना होगा।"
We thought by setting the film ["Selling Isobel"] in the cloak of... let's call it an indie-Hollywood thriller, it would appeal to a wider range of young women who would see this cautionary tale and say, "Hang on, I've got to think twice about what I get myself into."
We thought by setting the film ["Selling Isobel"] in the cloak of... let's call it an indie-Hollywood thriller, it would appeal to a wider range of young women who would see this cautionary tale and say, "Hang on, I've got to think twice about what I get myself into."
[रेंडेंस फिल्म फेस्टिवल] सचमुच पहला मौका है जब हमने किसी को यह फिल्म ["सेलिंग इसोबेल"] दिखाई है, और इसे देखकर लोग थोड़े सहम गए हैं।
[The Raindance film festival] is literally the first time we've ever screened the movie ["Selling Isobel"] to anyone, and people are a little bit traumatised by it.
[The Raindance film festival] is literally the first time we've ever screened the movie ["Selling Isobel"] to anyone, and people are a little bit traumatised by it.
कुछ लोगों ने मुझसे वापस आकर कहा, "पिछले कुछ दिनों से मुझे डरावने सपने देने के लिए शुक्रिया!" मैं उनसे कहती हूँ, "चलो, अब तुम्हें पता चल गया है कि पिछले तीन सालों से मैं किस दौर से गुजर रही हूँ!"
A few people have come back to me and said, "Thanks for giving me nightmares for the last few nights!" I say to them, "Well, now you know what I've been going through for the last three years!"
A few people have come back to me and said, "Thanks for giving me nightmares for the last few nights!" I say to them, "Well, now you know what I've been going through for the last three years!"