"The Jacket" Screenwriter Massy Tadjedin Discusses Her Work

Massy Tadjedin on "The Jacket" Script Changes: "I think the first script that came to me was five films, five really good films. But I think what we did was we pared it down and tried to manipulate the time travel to as much of a psychological journey as possible, so that you weren’t inhibited by any changes in history, any technological innovations, any happenings. We tried to make it as localized of a drama as possible."

On One Hour and 20 Minutes Being Cut: "It’s amazing to me when people follow the story still because we cut so much that I feel like you’re getting snippets of what the story in long form was. (Laughing) People seem to understand it so that’s good."

Cut Scenes and Evoking "It's a Wonderful Life:" "I don’t think it had more references to 'It’s a Wonderful Life.' What it was is, I think, a more elaborated love story. You know, in life I think that sometimes plots take time, and so I think you maybe thought the plots were more believable when you had a little bit more of them to listen to. But I think right now it’s kind of like the distilled, hyper-real or totally unreal version."

On "The Jacket" Being Marketed as a Horror Film: "That’s marketing. When I wrote it, it was a love story. I’m not sure when we filmed it it’s a love story. I don’t think it’s horror. I think there’s something horrifying about being in a morgue drawer. But I don’t necessarily think that that makes it a horror movie.

ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS FROM "THE JACKET" PREMIERE:
Adrien Brody / Kelly Lynch / Brad Renfro / Kris Kristofferson