Blue Valentine - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Blue Valentine or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Blue Valentine

[stephanie]

It was director Derek Cianfrance's intention to actually wait six years to shoot the second part of the love story, but the producers quickly discouraged him.

[chad]

Michelle Williams committed to the movie in 2003 and Ryan Gosling committed in 2005. Since those moments, director Derek Cianfrance never wanted anyone else for the roles. Cianfrance met Michelle Williams in 2003 and she read the forty-second draft of the script. She was so passionate about the film that Cianfrance immediately felt that it had to be her in the film. However, he could not get the film financed back then, so he had to wait.

[wesley]

In a deleted scene at a park, Ryan Gosling had to force himself to throw up. Michelle Williams, however, though suffering from vertigo from a merry-go-round, was unable to do it herself.

[kristina]

Although the DVD release is branded as "Uncut and Uncensored," it is still the same version released in theaters. The only change made to the film other than footage was the rating.

[camila]

Cindy's car has the Pennsylvania license plate CHT 8635. This was the same license plate on the car driven by Jim Halpert on The Office (2005).

[stephanie]

According to director Derek Cianfrance, after shooting the first part of the love story, there were serious discussions about not doing the second part, retitling the movie simply "Valentine," and make it a depiction of falling in love.

[violet]

The poster image is from a deleted scene where Dean and Cindy are in the rain.

[chris]

The past scenes were shot entirely with a hand-held camera and often in just one take, director Derek Cianfrance said, to create space around the characters and allow them to come together to fill the frame.

[ivan]

The MPAA originally rated the movie NC-17, but after public allegations of using a double-standard to rate portrayals of sex on-screen, the organization agreed to hear an appeal. Upon review, the MPAA unanimously agreed that the film should receive an R rating. Had the appeal not been granted, it is possible that this would have been the first NC-17-rated film to get an Academy Award nomination since Henry & June (1990), and the first for acting.

[carla]

Michelle Williams was first attracted to starring in Blue Valentine (2010) because she liked the script. Just before shooting began, director Derek Cianfrance told Williams that he was no longer interested in sticking to the script, and that he wanted Williams and co-star Ryan Gosling to improvise their scenes. This unnerved Williams, but Gosling said he did not mind improvising as he had trouble remembering his lines.

[kylie]

Director Derek Cianfrance accelerated the relationship's corrosion by starting off-screen fights between the actors while they were living together. One night, he told Ryan Gosling to go into Michelle Williams' bedroom and try to make love to her. Gosling, soundly rejected, ended up sleeping on the couch.

[riley]

The film was originally set to shoot in spring of 2008, but it was delayed due to Heath Ledger's death. The producers and director delayed the film out of respect for Michelle Williams, Ledger's ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter Matilda, rather than going ahead and shooting the film with another actress in Williams' role.

[chad]

The older appearance of Dean is based on director Derek Cianfrance, who is bearded and has pattern baldness. The clothing of the younger Dean is also based on Cianfrance's style of clothing.

[ruby]

The film's title comes from Tom Waits' album of the same name.

[jeffrey]

In 2015, Rachel Weisz revealed to The Playlist that at one point, she and Jeremy Renner were supposed to be in this movie but it did not work out for either of them. Weisz would finally work with director Derek Cianfrance in The Light Between Oceans (2016).

[jesus]

When filming the argument scenes, director Derek Cianfrance gave instructions to Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling individually, without the knowledge of the other, in order to create more tension between Dean and Cindy. For Williams, Cianfrance would instruct her to try to leave the room, use any way to break out of the argument with Gosling, etc. For Gosling, Cianfrance would tell him to use any means to persuade, get Williams attention, etc. Gosling stated it was a new and interesting process as it became a tug game on set.

[marc]

The inspiration for the film was the divorce of director Derek Cianfrance's parents when he was twenty years old. He was so devastated that he wanted to do a film that would help him figure out how a relationship began and ended.

[sophie]

The screenplay won the 2006 Chrysler Film Project contest. The prize was $1 million of funding, courtesy of the Chrysler Brand and production company Silverwood Films.

[nicholas]

Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling had previously worked together in The United States of Leland (2003).