Bath Salt

Because I originally came to Bath Salt as script editor, I was deeply familiar with the language and subtext between the two young women whose friendship is depicted. As director, then, my central goal was to make sure that the intimacy and vulnerability in their interaction felt honest and palpable. To me, it is not just a film about cancer, loss, and grief, but an exaltation of authentic human connection and self exploration, informed by both lightheartedness and existential dread. I also aimed to depict the familiar human tension between openness and guardedness in both playful and dark ways. At its core, Bath Salt is about friendship: the fun and reckless friendship of youth, but also friendship built on a mutual confrontation with death. In a piece concerning mortality, I hope to have underscored moments of vitality throughout in order to stress the redemptive aspects of loss and nostalgia.