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Saturday 7 November 2015
Jolie Pitt turns grief over
mom’s death into ‘By the Sea’
SANDY COHEN your own questions about befriend (and secretly spy Angelina Jolie arrives at the 2015 AFI Fest opening night pre-
AP Entertainment Writer your mother. Grief. Where on) a newlywed couple on miere of “By The Sea” on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “By to put your pain,” Jolie Pitt their honeymoon.
the Sea” is a very personal said. “For me, it was impor- The camera lingers on Ro- Associated Press
film for Angelina Jolie Pitt tant to try to do it. And it land’s lean frame and Van-
— and not just because it was important to try to do essa’s face and figure. Pitt said. “Her instincts are tress) Gena Rowlands. She
reunites her onscreen with it for my mother. It was im- As in 2005’s “Mr. & Mrs. really good with stories. So, was talking before, and
her husband, Brad Pitt. portant for myself. And it Smith,” the two stars play a I really trust her when she how she and (director-hus-
It’s not even because she was wonderful to work with married pair facing serious redirects a scene.” band) John (Cassavetes)
wrote, directed, produced Brad, and for us to be able relationship challenges. Jolie Pitt loved working with (would) take the rubber
and stars in the film. to get through it together, Only this time, the actors re- her husband, too. band and you stretch it as
“By the Sea” is personal be- because we tested our- lied on the strength of their “You’re going to have a far as you can. And this is
cause it was inspired by the selves to see if we could real-life relationship to do it. long life ahead of you and a part of marriage and
grief of losing her mother do something like this to- “It’s really no different than you’ve got to shake it up this is wonderful. So, that I
in 2007, Jolie Pitt said Thurs- gether.” trying to get the kids to bed and, sometimes, it’s re- loved. And that was what
day at the film’s premiere, “By the Sea” is a slow, quiet at night,” Pitt said.” I mean, ally wonderful to test your- we did.”
AFI Fest’s opening-night drama about a wealthy you know, it’s a tag team, selves, to push each other,” “By the Sea” opens in the-
gala at Hollywood’s TCL American couple on a Ultimate Wrestling kind of she said. I talked to (ac- aters Nov. 13.q
Chinese Theatre. French seaside retreat. Ro- endeavor. And here on
She started writing when land (Pitt) is there to write, set, again, we’re working
she was missing her moth- but mostly just ends up together and solving prob-
er, without knowing exactly drinking. Vanessa (Jolie lems and making the thing
what she was creating. Pitt) is there to relax, but work and figuring it out.
“When you write something ends up grumping around And there’s just a great col-
from a blank page, it’s very and popping pills. They laboration. She’s just, she’s
hard to say, ‘This is impor- avoid each other and my wife.”
tant,’ because you don’t their relationship is clearly As for being directed by his
know: It’s your own life. It’s strained. Their dynamic be- spouse?“She’s very deci-
your own depression. It’s gins to change when they sive. She’s really intuitive,”
