8:10 PM EST 12/29/2014
The Weinstein Company, which released the new film Big Eyes, has released a new interview clip with singer Lana Del Rey. The 29-year-old singer provided two songs for the soundtrack to the movie and she opens up about the creative process. You can check out the clip above.
"I was trying to think of a creative way to incorporate her story into a little couplet that started with 'Your big eyes and your big lies.' Then, I sort of incorporated a little bit of imagery that I like, and I had fun telling it," Lana says.
The biographical drama was directed by Tim Burton and stars Amy Adams as Margaret Keane and Christoph Waltz as Walter Keane. Big Eyes released to theaters on Christmas Day, December 25.
Plot: Walter Keane became a national celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply in hardware stores and gas stations across the country. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. She generated the paintings from their basement and Walter's contribution was adding his signature to the bottom. The ruse broke up their marriage, and when she tried to make it known that she authored the paintings, they ended up in a court battle after Walter called her crazy. The case culminated in a dramatic courtroom showdown. The judge put up two easels, side by side, and challenged each of them to start painting. He begged off, blaming a shoulder injury, while she dashed off her familiar big-eyed creation.
Amy Adams is already being talked about as a frontrunner for an Oscar nomination this year for Big Eyes. She has been nominated five times but never taken home the trophy yet.
The film is produced by Burton, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski and Lynette Howell. The script was written by Alexander and Karaszewski and presented by The Weinstein Company.
Lana's third studio album Ultraviolence was released in June 2014 and debuted as number one on the Billboard 200.
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