Looking at photographs of New York in 1952, you find a powerfully pre-Eisenhower era - sagging, tired, distressed - and the palette is slightly dissonant.

Todd Haynes

I think many of the ideas that opened up in the '60s got implemented in the '70s and that certain minority voices that were…

Todd Haynes

'Evil Urges' has some stuff in it that's unbelievable.

Todd Haynes

Films like 'The Godfather,' 'Chinatown' and 'The Exorcist' brought a realism and currency and understatement to their genres that we wanted for 'Mildred Pierce.'

Todd Haynes

There were interesting ways that queerness could hide out and get played out pre-Stonewall. It is part of a vast history that is getting…

Todd Haynes

It's very funny because every time I make a movie, and I've heard this re-echoed by other filmmakers and actors I have worked with,…

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What was so interesting about the glam era was that it was about bisexuality and breaking down the boundaries between gays and straights, breaking…

Todd Haynes

My films have often looked at the whole dilemma of identity as a straitjacket for people, for societies, for cultures, for historical moments.

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