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Calling all Lynne Ramsay fans

From the script to the final edit, find out how the Ramsay achieved the complete sensory overload and immersion of You Were Never Really Here from the people who made it.

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About the book

Through interviews with the key creative team — Ramsay, cinematographer Tom Townend, editor Joe Bini, sound designer Paul Davies, and producer Jim Wilson — you’ll get a feel for how Ramsay collaborates with her team to realise her vision.

Wild behind-the-scenes stories reveal Ramsay’s sense of humour, knack for experimentation, and genius. Essays articulate how Ramsay uses every cinematic tool at her disposal to put us inside hitman Joe’s traumatized headspace, and how this is a continuation of her career-spanning interest in creating sensory experiences on film.

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Ep. 2: <em>You Were Never Really Here</em>

Ep. 2: You Were Never Really Here

Ramsay’s characters escape trauma through sensations

Ramsay’s characters escape trauma through sensations

A hitman more helpless than heroic

A hitman more helpless than heroic

Producer Jim Wilson: making <em>YWNRH</em> was a ‘crazy fever dream’

Producer Jim Wilson: making YWNRH was a ‘crazy fever dream’

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Preview the book with our podcast on You Were Never Really Here where we discuss the insights gleaned from writing and researching the book.

Inside You Were Never Really Here: A Special Issue

Interview: Lynne Ramsay

Ramsay talks subverting hitman archetypes with gentleness, humour, and beauty.

Essay: A hitman more helpless than heroic

An essay by Orla Smith on how the film traps us inside hitman Joe’s mind — but he’s an unreliable narrator who is far more helpless than he realises.

Interview: Producer Jim Wilson

Producer Jim Wilson details the wild journey from pre-production to Cannes involved in making You Were Never Really Here.

Interview: Sound Designer Paul Davies

Sound designer Paul Davies discusses crafting a subjective mix that sounds like the inside of a PTSD-stricken head.

Interview: Editor Joe Bini

Editor Joe Bini discusses how he helped craft a visually striking, subjective film by experimenting in the edit.

Interview: Director of Photography (DP) Tom Townend

Interview: Director of Photography (DP) Tom Townend discusses working closely with Lynne Ramsay and adapting to on-set changes.

Essay: Ramsay’s characters escape trauma through sensations

An essay by Elena Lazic on how Lynne Ramsay’s films centre on characters dealing with trauma by losing themselves in sensations, not language.

About the authors

Elena Lazic

Elena wrote a dissertation on haptic filmmaking, making her uniquely qualified to analyze Lynne Ramsay’s approach to haptics. Elena also works as a freelance writer for SciFi Now, Little White Lies, and The Guardian, as well as hosting the Seventh Row podcast.

Orla Smith

Orla is a filmmaker and film critic, with a wealth of experience interviewing multiple department heads for films (e.g. Lean on Pete and On Chesil Beach) to piece together how these collaborations work and how the pieces all fit together. Orla has written several pieces about how films subvert their genres.

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