‘Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry’ Allowed Pop Star To Share Intimate, Intense Details For First Time – Contenders Documentary

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The bracingly intimate feel of the documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry emerged because the pop singer at its center grew to trust the filmmakers enough to reveal her private pain on her own terms, the film’s director revealed.“We achieved the intimacy because Billie and her family were open and available and wanted to tell their story,” R.J.

Cutler said at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Documentary awards-season event. He said he spend a year and a half building a relationship with Eilish’s inner circle. “We develop trust and we engage with them in the in the verité process, and the verité process fundamentally understands that the story belongs to the subject.