A true-crime writer finds a cache of 8mm home movies films that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose career dates back to the 1960s.
- Super 8 Photography: STALKER (smoke-trees)
- exposition: giving information
- wide shots of two actors talking: need good actors
- alexa camera: hd
- black frame: KLUTE
- black space --> infinite in a smaller movie. People fill the image
- widescreen: more epic in audience's mind
- "faustian" moment. deal with the devil.
- "No boundaries is the enemy of art" Orson Welles
- technology used in recent horror movies: VHS / THE PACT
- lift / homage: MANHUNTER stairs
- Scott Derrickson paid 6000 for a dog that you only see on screen for 3 seconds
- Chris Young: go-to guy for horror movies
- the computer screen you see is real. Pre-recorded and played in the scene. No budget --> no green screen
- Shooting: 2 days in LA (for super 8 shorts) / 21 in NY
- "be careful what you watch." (cc THE COUNSELOR scene about snuff films)
- 3-4 steady shots
- 2-3 long takes: work better with good actors
- "Steven Spielberg doesn't cut a lot. There is a reason for it." Scott Derrickson
- Vincent D'Onofrio: pink floyd shirt / cult leader / secretary. More alive character.
- TERMINATOR 2 gas station: night to day (cc SHAUN OF THE DEAD)
- influences: THE SHINING - BLOW OUT - KLUTE
- "exploitation movies: not necessarily great movies but interesting for cinephiles"
- Timing in horror and comedies
- "Don't worry daddy, I will make you famous again."
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| Ethan Hawke stars in SINISTER |
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