‘The Chronology of Water’ Director and Forged Interview

Opening in theaters on January ninth is the brand new movie ‘The Chronology of Water’, which was written and directed by Kristen Stewart (‘Spencer’) and is predicated on the e book of the identical title by Lidia Yuknavitch. The movie stars Imogen Poots (‘All of You’), Thora Birch (‘Ghost World’), and Jim Belushi (‘Track Sung Blue’).

Launch Date: Jan 9, 2026

Run Time: 2 hr 8 min

Moviefone just lately had the pleasure of talking with Kristen Stewart and Imogen Poots about their work on ‘The Chronology of Water’, the method of adapting the e book right into a screenplay, the themes Stewart wished to discover, and Poots’ strategy to enjoying her character.

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(L to R) Director Kristen Stewart and Imogen Poots on the set of ‘The Chronology of Water’. Picture: The Forge .

Moviefone: To start with, Kristen, are you able to discuss in regards to the strategy of growing the e book right into a screenplay, and the themes that you just wished to discover as a filmmaker?

Kristen Stewart: The rationale that I liked the e book a lot is as a result of it does unearth your personal relationship to determining learn how to outline your self by yourself phrases and one thing about buried voice. Whether or not or not you will have this particular form of oppressive forces in your again the way in which that she did. There is a line within the e book like, “It’s important to break the again of a phrase to truly make it yours.” I assumed the entire non-linear fashion, it simply felt prefer it actually lent itself to the cinematic kind. It simply felt prefer it might be everybody’s story, despite the fact that it’s a memoir about one individual. I wrote it over an eight-year interval. In some unspecified time in the future, each web page of that e book has been tailored, however the entire thing was like clay, identical to your life is like clay. It is yours to form and kind, and the film felt like flying a kite. It was identical to we have been caught up on this hurricane of instinct. In the end, I believe I might edit this film without end. I wish to return and re-shoot it. I wish to return and re-edit it. However on the identical time, I discover it to be completely itself. It has this snowflake fingerprint factor happening, and it is as a result of we solely have our instincts to go on, and we actually adopted them honestly, as a result of the e book provides you that permission. I do not know, it was just like the e book allowed me to interrupt it. It nearly inspired me to alter the issues that occurred to her into issues that occur to us all.

Imogen Poots in ‘The Chronology of Water’. Picture: The Forge .

MF: Lastly, Imogen, are you able to discuss your strategy to enjoying Lydia and what was the largest problem for you and the way did you overcome it?

Imogen Poots: I suppose my strategy is, it is at all times the identical, it is simply to do the work and switch up and then you definately’re simply reacting, you are simply current with the character you are enjoying and the folks you are with within the scene. I believe by way of the preparation for it bodily was fascinating. I’ve by no means carried out that earlier than. I’ve heard of individuals happening diets and lifting weights and being superheroes, however I wished a triangle again. I wished to appear like I had the physique of a swimmer, reasonably than, to make use of Kristen’s time period, “A dinky little actress.” So, that was actually empowering. That was cool as a result of my physique modified, and so I did really feel totally different going into the venture. I felt like I had this energy, I might crush a can, however I did not actually know what to do with that. It is fairly an fascinating state to be in, and actually cool when coping with stuff in Lydia’s life that was extremely weak, or the fragility of her juxtaposed with that physique. That is form of fascinating stuff to grapple with. However by way of what was difficult, day by day you simply need to get as shut as you possibly can to the reality of one thing, and I did not need to let down Kristen. Kristen had been very loyal with me as her actress and ready to do that movie collectively, and the stakes of which are excessive. It mattered so much to me that we might strive our greatest to wrangle this beast that felt prefer it was slipping away from us day by day, and that is the character of constructing unbiased movies. However this one particularly, there was so much to shoot. I believe the strain of that may get to you and there is some significance to that too. We have been capturing on movie and that delivers an urgency and that prices some huge cash to shoot on movie. We had an amazing DP in Corey Waters, however typically there is a nonchalance that may happen on a movie set the place it is like, “We’ll go once more.” We simply did not have that luxurious, and it is most likely a very good factor as a result of it felt very important and it felt like if that is the way in which it’s, that is the way in which it’s. It is like paint. It is simply on there now and that is what you are going to work with.

Imogen Poots in ‘The Chronology of Water’. Picture: The Forge .

What’s the plot of ‘The Chronology of Water’?

A younger lady (Imogen Poots) finds her voice by the written phrase and her salvation as a swimmer – in the end turning into a triumphant instructor, mom and a singular trendy author.

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‘The Chronology of Water’ opens in theaters on January ninth.

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