Todd Haynes was nominated for a Best Sreenplay Golden Globe for Far From Heaven (2002), which also garnered nominations for star Julianne Moore, supporting actor Dennis Quaid and composer Elmer Bernstein. That movie was a tribute to the films of Douglas Sirk; his new effort, Carol, is also set in the 1950s and as lusciously photographed. Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt , Carol tells the story of repressed passion and transgression as a love story blossoms between young shop girl Therese (Rooney Mara) and glamorous, unsatisfied New York socialite Carol (Cate Blanchett – who incidentally won a supporting Golden Globe in 2008 for her turn as Bob Dylan in Haynes' I’m Not There). The HFPA’s Yenny Nun Katz asked Mara and Haynes about the film’s style and significance.

Luca Celada