Longlegs Director Osgood Perkins on How His Father Anthony Perkins' Secret Shaped His Films

• Osgood Perkins, director of the acclaimed horror film 'Longlegs', recounts how the 1982 People magazine cover hinting at his father Anthony Perkins' homosexuality affected him as an 8-year-old, sparking a lifelong interest in the tension between public personas and private truths
• Perkins explains how the juxtaposition between what was said and unsaid in his household growing up has informed his filmmaking, leading him to often explore female protagonists and complicated sexuality as a way to stay 'alive to the process' of storytelling