By Spencer Coile
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For many of us Kirsten Dunst fans, her performance in the second season of Fargo was a peak in and of itself. She had turned in exquisite performances in the past like Melancholia, but a collaboration with Noah Hawley in the Fargo universe was a different step in Dunst's career. Her Peggy Blumquist picked up rave reviews, and awards nomination, and she ended the year as part of the winning SAG ensemble of Hidden Figures. Now it would appear that 2017 will continue on with more beguiling Dunst projects as if the comeback has only just begun...
With Film Experience readers and writers alike buzzing over Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled and Dunst's participation in it (having previously starred in Coppola's The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette), it is almost unsurprising that another Dunst film is being overshadowed.
The release to the trailer for Woodshock (directed by Laura and Kate Mulleavy, former costume designers for Black Swan) proves that Dunst is interested in projects that are as intriguing as they are mysterious. Very little is known about the film, other than the brief synopsis that states that a woman (Dunst) begins feeling paranoid after taking a deadly drug. Still, the trailer is trippy and elegant, confusing and colorful.
As a major Dunst fan, I am itching to indulge in her 2017 performances. She always manages to capture the character in such a way that she invites us into their fragile states; The Beguiled and Woodshock appear to be no exception. 2016 was only the beginning of Dunst's return to glory.