Golden Globe Nominee Amanda Seyfried on the Otherworldly Magic of ‘The Testament Ann Lee’

She describes recording one of the songs for the film in London with the composer Daniel Blumberg and the cellist Okkyung Lee: “She was playing, and he was playing. I just sat there, and I had to sing it. I didn’t have headphones, and I didn’t have a microphone. I couldn’t hear it. When Daniel and I went into the studio booth to hear it back, it sounded so clear. I was singing from my body, not with my ear. What a fucking thrill.” She pauses, then explains: “And that’s my whole perspective in the world now: I’m listening for truth, I’m listening for what’s real. I’m trying to listen in a different way.”

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Set Design: Sean Thomson. Spinning wheel, rocking chair, and side chair provided by Shaker Museum, Chatham, New York.

Movement Director: Celia Rowlson-Hall.

Location: INNESS.

Produced by Hen’s Tooth Productions.

Video: DP, Basil Fauchier; Lighting Director, Liberto Fillo; 1st AC, Cindy Chen; Post Production, Chapter Post; Editors, Gennesis Pantaleon, Dester Linares; Color Grading, Dmitry Litvinov; Sound Composition, Henry D’Arthenay.

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