Inspiration for a great storyline can come from anywhere — whether that be a classic work of literature or a great pop song.
\n\nIt’s become somewhat of a bit for “Blue Film” writer-director Elliot Tuttle to reference Lana Del Rey’s music in his screenplays. He’d written three (as yet unproduced) screenplays before his feature debut about a fetish camboy who agrees to spend the night with an anonymous client, who turns out to be tied to his past. Each time, Del Rey released new music while he was working.
\n\n“She was always soundtracking what I was doing, so I would include one reference to her in every single thing I was writing,” Tuttle said amid a conversation Variety moderated in partnership with the Santa Fe International Film Festival to salute this year’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch.
\n\nFor the climax of “Blue Film,” Tuttle borrows a line from Del Rey’s 2023 track “The Grants.” As the older man reflects on the memories he and the sex worker have made of each other, he says, “I’m gonna take mine of you with me.” (Del Rey dropped “There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard,” which featured “The Grants,” while he wrote “Blue Film.”)
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