Interview with the director, Sally Potter. https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/looking-with-loving-eyes-sally-potter-on-the-party
The characters come with their beliefs as part of who they are. I never thought of them as representing a particular ideology. While I was writing, I tried figuring out who they believed they were. Only then could I explore the gap between who they thought they were, and how they actually behaved. Nobody was representing a point of view, but living a set of beliefs they've developed over the years.
In order to look at people who are different, we must look with loving eyes at the humanity that coexists with these beliefs. Otherwise, we are dehumanizing each other, an act that's not particularly useful. It is a conundrum, because there is a value in sticking up for what you believe, as long as you're not too rigid about it.
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