Can someone explain the film Hard Candy please?
Inspiration The idea for Hard Candy came from a news story on 20/20 producer David W. Higgins saw about young Japanese girls who would lure older businessmen to a location with the promise of sex and would assault and mug the men with a gang of other girls once the men arrived.[1] This led him to wonder, “What if the person you expect to be the predator is not who you expect it to be? What if it’s the other person?”[1] He then hired writer Brian Nelson to flesh out the idea.[1] Thematic elements Hayley wears a red hooded sweatshirt that is often seen as an allusion to “Little Red Riding Hood”.[1] However, this was a serendipitous wardrobe choice by the creative team that was not realized until later on.[1] Foreign marketing for the film made great use of this allusion. For example, a tagline on the Japanese site for the movie reads “Red Hood traps the Wolf in his own game.”[5] Jean-Clement Sorret was the digital colorist for the film, and is one of the few instances where a colorist re
