In reply to <a href="https://filmmakermagazine.com/104487-the-more-i-pressured-him-the-worse-he-performed-director-isabella-eklof-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-29171">isabla</a>. Hi Isabella, It's unfortunate that you can't take criticism of your film. I will respond to your points below: 1. You were being unknowingly misogynistic by not giving the female protagonist any kind of perspective or point of view. Yes there are hopeless, weak humans in the world, but even they, have a perspective about what's happening to them whether it's good, bad, ugly or even ambiguous. Why did the female protagonist have the sense to defy her boyfriend and befriend the other guy? Because in her own way she was rebelling against her reality. Now you're saying she's weak? Which is it? As I said in my post, you seem confused and the film shows that. 2. Your writer said what she said. I simply stated what I saw and heard. And she did not explain what her book was about until someone in the audience did a follow up question. You wrote what the book was about here but none of us knew that going in. I would have liked to have seen that in your film...but didn't. 3. Maybe you should ask yourself that question. The only confused person here seems to be you, and I mean this in the nicest, most respectful way. 4. I was sitting next to a Danish couple who not only wasn't amused, one of them asked a question, visibly perturbed by what you said. Again, maybe you did not realize how you were coming off (flippant) but sometimes it can offend. I gave you the benefit of the doubt and said I'm sure you meant it as some type of Scandinavian humor. I've been to both Sweden and Denmark and understand the competition. It's friendly. Nevertheless, it can still offend. You're a young filmmaker putting your film out to a global audience. Learn from this. 5. Did I use any pronouns? Scroll up and check. I will go so far as to clarify. I meant to say "she lost control of one of her main actors" (referring to you). Here in the US, men and women are referred to as actors. It's common. I was responding specifically to what was written. You are quoted as saying "him" in the article, not me. 6. You said "please don't make up reasons to justify your rage over being bored at a film because it doesn't have a standard preconceived crime/romance plot" and also "Or is your strong emotional reaction really about being challenged in your perception of what the world is and can be?" Now who is making stuff up? I went into this film not knowing what it was about, therefore there was no expectation of crime, romance or anything. That's the way I like to see a film. I was excited to see your film. You butchered the narrative and your characters so hard, it's unfortunate. Thank you for taking the time to reply to my post. I am all for a healthy debate and wish you well in your future filmmaking efforts. Every project is a learning experience and I'm sure this will be one of many for you. Best wishes, MW