Taylor Swift took inspiration from ’70s movies for ‘All Too Well’

• Swift cited Barbra Streisand’s 1973 film “The Way We Were” as an inspiration for how she shared the personalities of her characters in her 10-minute short.
• Katie’s apartment in that movie served as Swift’s inspiration for the ten-second video.
• Swift wanted the scene when Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien are falling in love to feel more warm and cosy.

Taylor Swift claimed on Friday that movies, even ones from fifty years ago, have an impact on the direction of her music videos and songwriting.

She acknowledged early 1970s Hollywood as one of her influences when she took the stage at the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about the short film she made for her popular song “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)”.

Swift cited “The Way We Were” by Barbra Streisand from 1973 as an inspiration for how she shared the personalities of the characters in her 10-minute short. Katie’s apartment in that movie served as Swift’s inspiration. The romantic drama “Love Story,” from 1970, served as the inspiration for the lighting.

“When I think of that film, I think of autumn and I was trying to establish that in the earlier parts of the film,” Swift said during a discussion with festival CEO Cameron Bailey.

Swift wanted the scene when the two main characters, Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien, are falling in love to feel more warm and cosy, so she used the lighting to assist the viewer understand how they should feel. She wanted it to be cooler in the flat where they were fighting. Swift claimed that both elements came together in the end.

“She is still herself but she has been changed by this experience,” and the lighting reflects that, Swift said.

Her music video “The Man” was an homage to “The Wolf of Wall Street,” while “Bad Blood” tips its hat to the spy thriller genre, she said.

“All Too Well: A Short Film” premiered in 35mm film at the Toronto festival.

“I feel like watching it in 35mm there is a depth, there’s a contrast,” Swift said. “It’s a different experience.”

On social media, some bemoaned how tough it was to secure tickets to one of the festival’s most sought-after events.

“I tried so hard to get tickets and they were impossible to get, so I thought, ‘Let’s camp out at 5 a.m.,'” said Emily Zeppieri, 24, who drove to Toronto from Whitby, Ontario, and had to leave her house at 3:45 a.m.

Jess, whom she had met on Friday, was seated next to Emily on the pavement. They became friends over their shared love of Swift and their frantic search for tickets. Regardless of whether they saw Swift, the others in the line down the block were friendly and shared tales of the lifelong connections they had built.

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