We know Woody likes to pay attention to when we first see his female star - our first glimpse of Emma Stone is from a high camera through a tree - it tracks through the tree so she's revealed bit by bit through the leaves, almost like we struggle to see her.
Q and I have been reading 'A Propos of Nothing' and it seems very likely this whole thing about murdering the judge who's unfairly ruining the married woman's life comes from Judge Wilk in Woody's own 1993 court custody case, who clearly and irrationally took against him from the outset.
Terrific cast. Emma and Joaquin no doubt helped each other - if you're in the moment with someone else fabulous it's only going to make you better. But also great are Parker Posey (Joaquin's other love interest; Dazed and Confused, Tales From the City, later in Cafe Society), Jamie Blackley (Slaughterhouse Rulez, the Endeavour pilot), Betsy Aidem & Nathan Phillips (parents), Paula Plum (president).
The ending isn't the only incredibly tense moment - in the Russian roulette scene he actually pulls the trigger three times consecutively.
The subject matter is serious but the tone of the film is not downbeat like Blue Jasmine.
Much use of 'The 'In' Crowd' by Billy Page, and the similar but slower 'Look a Here' by Ramsey Lewis, both performed by the Ramsey Lewis Quartet, and the Bach, Prelude and Fugue No. 2 (in C Minor) and 18 (C Sharp Minor) and Cello Suite No. 1 (G Major).
The screenplay's definitely award-worthy but was nominated for nothing.
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