Lynne Ramsay on Glaswegian Identity, Award Ceremony Dressing, and Martin Scorsese | Fashion Neurosis

Lynne Ramsay is an award-winning director and writer. Born and raised in Glasgow, Lynne made the short film Little Deaths during her time at the National Film and Television School, which won the 1996 Prix du Jury at Cannes. In 1998, she wrote and directed the short film Gasman, starring her brother James, which won the BAFTA short film award and another Prix du Jury. Her feature film debut was the 1999 film Ratcatcher, which won numerous awards, follows a young boy growing up in working-class Glasgow during the bin workers strike in the 1970s. She has since written and directed four feature films, often adapting books such as Morvern Callar, which starred a young Samantha Morton as a woman grieving her boyfriend’s suicide at a party resort in Spain, We Need To Talk About Kevin, and You Were Never Really Here. Her latest film, Die My Love, is produced by Martin Scorsese and stars Jennifer Lawrence as a new mother suffering post-partum psychosis, whilst her husband played by Robert Pattinson struggles to cope with her illness. Lynnw Ramsay studied photography at Napier College Edinburgh, and much of her film work has been inspired by photographers including Robert Frank, Richard Billingham and Nan Goldin, influencing her meticulous use of colour and framing. In this episode of Fashion Neurosis, Bella Freud and Lynne Ramsay discuss the working class Glasgow Intelligentsia, seizing the moment on a film shoot, and the generosity of Martin Scorsese’s brilliance. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Chapters: 00:00:00 Advertisement for Claude 00:00:47 Intro 00:01:07 What are you wearing today? 00:02:10 Creating feeling in films 00:04:25 Glasgow 00:08:00 Imagination 00:10:35 Childhood clothing obsessions 00:11:25 Directing children 00:18:00 Choosing shots 00:22:00 Advertisement for Claude 00:23:20 Chaos in filmmaking 00:25:45 Fashion growing up 00:29:44 Transition from girl to woman 00:31:01 Lynne’s brother 00:35:30 Female directors 00:37:58 Casting films 00:41:40 Advertisement for Claude 00:43:00 Editing films 00:45:30 Making people attractive in films 00:46:30 Music in Lynne’s films 00:48:50 Die My Love 00:54:25 Red Carpet dressing 00:57:00 If you fancy someone… 00:58:58 Clothes to improve mood 01:01:00 Martin Scorsese 01:06:00 Advertisement for Claude