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Its very off-putting, says choreographer Peter Walker.
It takes you a second to accept whats happening.
Suffice it to say,the early events of this movieare never what they seem.
Here, the two share a touching moment and, out of nowhere, a tearful hug good-bye.
And a ballet begins.
It sounds morbid, but as you see death approaching, do things become clearer?
That feeling is exactly whats communicated through Walkers dance and Wadleys score.
Thats an exacting thwack of reality.
Its very simple and very straightforward, but its all he could imagine.
Theres multiple interpretations of that moment.
These composers all shared the tonality he was looking to explore with a more full-fledged ballet sequence.
I just tried to make it as grand as possible, Wadley says.
Approaching it with this classic, romantic, familiar language was super important to how it relates to him.
Likewise, Hughes captured Jakes arrested development visually by building the ballet within a high-school setting.
The school becomes another layer of memories piecing themselves together in a way that doesnt quite make sense.
We dont always remember things the way they happen.
That was sort of our visual theme for the whole movie.
But theyre very much a part of who we are as human beings.
You have to face them.
