'Chemical Hearts' Director Richard Tanne on Why Film Is an 'Anti-Romance'

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Tanne adapted Krystal Sutherland's 2016 novel for the film that stars 'Riverdale's Lili Reinhart and 'Euphoria's Austin Abrams.

that he immediately began writing a script to adapt it.

"I had no idea how the star of a teen CW drama is going to respond to this stuff, and she was totally into it and shared a similar vision. And from that point forward, [she] really backed me as a filmmaker and backed my vision. That means quite a bit when the star of your movie is behind you," he says of joining forces with Reinhart.

"There were a lot of superficial similarities between myself and Henry and to a certain degree myself and Grace's attitude and perspective. I was the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. I had a similar kind of dynamic where there was this girl, she was a transfer student and I fell head over heels for her," he tells, adding that his first heartbreak experience had a"profound impact" that continued to resonate years later.

On the surface, it can be surmised the film joins the lineup of previous YA adaptations centered on love a laisn't a niche teen romance film viewers are used to seeing. Instead, expect a darker story unafraid to explore a mosaic of"teen emotions" in a realistic way. While he notes it's left to viewer interpretation as to whether Henry and Grace's tragically beautiful relationship depicts a true love story, Tanne admits he viewed their dynamic as anything but. Insteadchronicles a story of two individual journeys crossing paths and confronting the compilation of emotions that come with being young adults."I don't think that what Henry feels for Grace is real.

 

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