Producer Gail Mutrux (Gail Mutrux) has always wanted to put Kinsey's life on the big screen, he found Bill Condon to helm the film. "Almost forgotten, Kinsey changed the American mind about sexuality," Condon said. "He spent 20 years collecting more than a million gall bees and found that none of them were like the others. He Using this unique discovery to describe human sexuality is the first to propose that each person's sexuality is unique, so it is not accurate to use 'normal' and 'abnormal' to describe sexual behavior, only 'normal' and 'normal' 'Rare' is more appropriate. It still seems radical today." The more Condon got to know Kinsey, the more he realized there was an extremely personal element to Kinsey's exploration of sexuality. “One of the underlying pitfalls of making biopics is that the plot obscures the subject,” Condon said. “The emphasis on personal struggles and crises tends to undercut the characters. I’m drawn to Kinsey. , because of the close connection between his private life and scientific research." Condon, who once edited and directed "God and the Devil" in 1998, believes that Kinsey in life and work is the same as James Weir in "God and Devil". the same.
During his lifetime, Kinsey was extremely controversial, and that controversy persists even today. Condon decided to tell the story with a Kinsey-esque attitude: total candor, intellectual curiosity, and a tendency to be non-judgmental. "I found the film to be like a touchstone for sexuality," Condon said. "Kinsey is a complex person, and I think it's important to show all of him in order for the audience to form their own point of view.
" 6 months of intensive research on oral interviews, Kinsey's own writing, contemporary material, and four biographies, including Sex The Measure of All Things: A by Jonathan Gathorne Hardy Life of Alfred C. Kinsey. According to Condon, the official version of Kinsey's life is uninteresting, and Hardy's completed biography has many little-known personal experiences revealed.
Condon also traveled to the Kinsey Institute in Indiana and interviewed many people who knew and worked with Kinsey, including a scholar named Clarence Tripp, published in Male Sexual Behavior He later worked for Kinsey and became one of the two principal photographers for Kinsey's research. He was Kinsey's right-hand man and went on to become a famous writer. From his mouth, Condon learned a lot of interesting stories.
Kinsey's scientific research partners Clyde Martin and Paul Gebhard in the film are still alive today. Among them, Gebhard, who is in his 80s, still maintains the edge of his youth, which deserves special attention. characters. Condon asked the elderly sensitive questions, such as how the openness among the study team members worked, and other relevant details.
Although Kinsey's wife Clara died in 1982, Condon had the privilege of visiting her two granddaughters. "They had a lot of similarities with Clara," Condon recalled. "I got important information through them, and Clara lived in the stories they told." All come together. Most importantly, Condon decided to move away from the sentimental conventions of past biopics in favor of a more dynamic plot. Kinsey once described the sexual interviews that reveal people's past as "prisms", and Condon also strives to create the film in a prismatic way to reflect all aspects of a man and changes in human social attitudes.
"For me, Kinsey's most extraordinary talent is that he can open up interviewees to the most private aspects of their lives," Condon said, "so I want to be a man of his own. , using Kinsey's interview techniques to expose his own life."
When producer Gail Mutroux saw the first draft of Condon's completed script, he was amazed that he could turn such a complex life into a compact and interesting story. Mutrux, who worked on "Behind the Scenes" and "The Traitor," knows a unique way to turn real life into a movie. She said: "Bill's script presents an unbiased approach to a man who has deeply influenced American culture, and I love that. What is rare and precious about the script is that there is no judgment on Kinsey and his work, but just presentation. His life and what's going on around him, to give audiences a sense of Kinsey and his impact on the world."
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