I don’t think this story could take place in England or Europe even. I think the story and the characters prompted that decision. It’s interesting you wrote about rural America. There’s something I’m kind of developing with him in mind. I saw him just last month at Killing of a Sacred Deer, actually. Was Colin Farrell upset he was left out of this one?
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At least on the surface, he is not one of those directors who makes himself miserable at the thought of his movie going through the awards process. McDonagh is tall, very charming, and seems to be legitimately be enjoying that his movie is being received so well. I met McDonagh at hotel café in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. (Their relationship is, let’s say, “unique.”) Willoughby’s subordinate, Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell) is a bad person, but he also may provide the key to solving this crime. Mildred knows this, but she has to do something. Willoughby is fighting a terminal illness, but we also get the impression this case weighs heavily on him.
What makes Three Billboards compelling is that the characters are hard to peg. As a form of protest, Mildred rents three billboards outside of town in an attempt to publicly shame the local police department, and especially Chief Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), for their lack of answers. Her daughter had been brutally raped and murdered seven months earlier and there have still been no leads in the case. And the British director knows that his tale of small-town America hits a precise nerve right now – of course this can’t be planned, but it does appear Three Billboards is benefiting from a little bit of “right time right place.” And also there’s the fact that his star gives one of her best performances to date. In a year of relative uncertainty (at least so far) as far as Oscars go, McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri keeps chugging along as a legitimate contender in multiple categories. (But speaking as someone who grew up in a small Missouri town, McDonagh nails it.) But with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, McDonagh has elevated his craft even more, creating something that has been described as “Coen brothers-esque” (McDonagh poo-poos this, but doesn’t deny stealing one of their greatest assets, star Frances McDormand) while capturing the essence of small-town America – which is something a lot of American-born filmmakers have a hard time understanding, let alone a director from London. Then followed that up with 2008’s In Bruges (which was nominated for an Original Screenplay Oscar) and 2012’s Seven Psychopaths, both starring Colin Farrell. He won an Oscar for his 2004 short film, Six Shooter. Martin McDonagh, almost shockingly, has only directed three feature-length movies to date.
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