Little Fish Interview: with Chad Hartigan

<p>You've probably never heard of <em>Little Fish</em> and that's a real problem.  It's like when you hear some 14 year old, who is also an Inta-Snap-Tic-Tac-Toe influencer, makes bazillions of dollars singing auto-tuned rhymes, while the actual musical geniuses are eating ramen and playing at dive bars in Chicago.</p> <h2>I'll get this out of the way first, the "will love prevail in the face of imminent disaster?" trope has my name all over it</h2> <p>It worked for me in <a href= "https://www.alternateending.com/2015/06/blockbuster-history-its-all-in-your-head.html"> <em>Eternal Sunshine</em></a>, and <em>Perfect Sense</em> and it worked for me big time in <em>Little Fish</em>.  It probably helps to add that our love story begins with Olivia Cooke and Jack O'Connell, whose chemistry will ignite your own memories of those first intense months of a relationship, destined for more than smooches (<em>if you know what I'm sayin'</em>).   As we all come to find, relationships can be hard.  They're made even more difficult when a global virus is spreading quickly and robs you of your memories.  I'll just leave the plot there, because <em>Little Fish</em> ends up being so much more about the experience of the film than anything else.</p> <p><a href="https://www.alternateending.com/?attachment_id=51099" rel="attachment wp-att-51099"><img class= "aligncenter wp-image-51099" src= "https://www.alternateending.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/020421littlefish_960x540.jpg" alt="Olivia Cooke and Jack O'Connell in Little Fish" width="500" height="281" /></a></p> <p>Mattson Tomlin based <em>Little Fish</em> on a short story by Aja Gabel and is brought to life by the creative mind of Chad Hartigan.  We had a chance to sit down with Hartigan and talk about how he was able to capture the intensity of their fear, grief and love, simultaneously making us feel a bit like we were either dreaming or on drugs.  We really enjoyed our time with Hartigan and we hope you will too!</p> <p><a href="https://www.alternateending.com/?attachment_id=