The stars of David Lowery’s psychodrama on the secrets behind creating music for a fictional pop diva The stars of David Lowery’s psychodrama on the secrets behind creating music for a fictional pop diva A s David Lowery, the director, was writing the fictional pop star Mother Mary for his new film of the same name, he spent a lot of time studying the last 25 years in music. He listened to Taylor Swift (whose Reputation concert film inspired the performances in the film), Lorde and FKA twigs ,