An Interview With Stefanie Estes - Soft & Quiet (2022)
Disturbing Cinema: What were your first thoughts and impressions when you read the screenplay for Soft & Quiet, and what inspired you to be a part of it? Stefanie Estes: Reading ‘Soft & Quiet’ felt like I was getting punched in my stomach with every page turn. I was horrified yet I could not stop reading. Beth, the writer/director, and I have been close friends for years. We really love each other as people and have a mutual respect for each other as artists. During the pandemic we would go on long walks and have lengthy deep conversations about our frustrations – about what was happening in the world around us and in how the pandemic had made us feel stagnant creatively. Beth floated the idea of shooting a feature together - keeping it small and safe given the health concerns at the time. She knew that it would be shot as a oneer, meaning that we would never cut. The entire film would be one take. Her initial idea was to have my character escaping an abusive relatio...