No, Samara Weaving is not up against zombies in her new filmAzraelits more complicated than that.
In doing so, this means the narrative is almost entirely dialogue-free.
What Are the Monsters in Azrael?
“Those are the burnt people,“Katz confirmed.
There was an event that was pretty hot.
The temperature was pretty high.
I think there should be something about them that feels a little familiar.
That was a big inspiration for us because we hadn’t quite seen anyone rip that off yet.”
Of course, in this film, you’re seeing the distant descendants of what happened.
And then it was [questioning], do people need this?…
But for me, I love not knowing everything and having to piece things together.”
It feels like we’re energetically racing toward some version of something like that.
Besides the post-apocalyptic angle, the other big hook of the film is how nobody talks.
In fact, the story follows a religious sect of people who have cut out their own vocal cords.
If I have a three-page action scene, I’ll occasionally have a character go, ‘Ow!’
Just so people aren’t facing a huge block of text."
However, on a filmmaking level, the challenges were far more difficult.
That’s when you’re translating it to image.
Words on the page can explain some things that images cannot.
So the movie started to get more obscure, which isn’t what we wanted.
We wanted it to be quite obscure…
It’s a very fine balancing act based on our specific vision for this project.
So there was a lot of finesse with it."
For Barrett, the key to the film’s success was getting Samara Weaving as their lead.
I mean, we had mutual friends with Radio Silence and stuff.
But still, I was like, this was a bold role for someone to take.
I mean, we’re taking away all her tools.
We were filming in Estonia…
I thought there was no way we would get her.
Like, it’s really hard to imagine it working."
Azraellands in theaters on September 27.
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