Behind the Scenes - THE NEST Interview with Director Sean Durkin

<p>If there's one thing <em>The Nest</em> is <strong>not</strong>, it's light and breezy. It's heavy and chest tightening and emotionally dense. So naturally, with so much to unpack, our first question for Sean Durkin was if he saw any resemblance between Jude Law and Rob Jarosinski. There was awkward laughter, but no confirmation. </p> <p><a href="https://www.alternateending.com/?attachment_id=49925" rel="attachment wp-att-49925"><img class= "aligncenter size-full wp-image-49925" src= "https://www.alternateending.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Untitled-design-2.png" alt="" width="500" height="300" /></a></p> <p> </p> <h2>A bit about Sean Durkin</h2> <p>Born in Canada (<em>lucky feller</em>), Sean Durkin won his first cinematic accolade at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"></sup>for his first feature <a href= "https://www.alternateending.com/2011/11/miserable-matters-meriting-minimal-mention.html"><em>Martha Marcy May Marlene</em></a>.  His short film, <em>Mary Last Seen</em>, on the same theme as <em>Martha</em>, won the award for best short film at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.  Nearly a decade later, Durkin released his second film, <em>The Nest</em>(<em>which feels a lot more like a sixth or seventh</em>).  The film had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.</p> <p><a href="https://www.alternateending.com/?attachment_id=49915" rel="attachment wp-att-49915"><img class= "aligncenter wp-image-49915" src= "https://www.alternateending.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Nest-1000-01.jpg" alt="" width="502" height="231" /></a></p> <h2>On his newest feature <em>The Nest </em></h2> <p>Like I said, The Nest is pretty gut wrenching, but in a way I haven't felt watching a movie before.  The story follows and Englishman, Rory O'Hara (Jude Law) and his American wife, Allison (Carrie Coon), who are raising their two children in New York City.  The pair seem to have the perfect little hamster wheel life that so many parents live in, but Rory starts rattling the cage when