00:00I think the obvious question obviously to start with is after 20 years what made
00:18you want to come back to the world of Silent Hill? Actually it was in my
00:24intention back in 2006 to adapt the second game to the one that I have
00:33adapted for this one and but it was it was I think it was too big to swallow at
00:40that time you know the horror of cinema was entirely based on some gimmick like
00:48like jump scares like the fun footage you know it was it was a very different time
00:54meanwhile we have seen the rising of a very sophisticated you know trend of horror film
01:02but back in 2006 I remember that my producer and me we were knowing that the
01:09movie will be very different of what the people was expecting to see in the
01:15theater so the problem was that the second game Silent Hill 2 is based is not
01:23only happening into that strange town which is shifting you know of shape it's
01:32also entirely seen through the point of view of of a broken mind and I remember
01:42that with my producer we said to each other maybe it's it's too big maybe it's
01:48too big for this time maybe it's too too different of what the people expect from
01:53another film so we decide I think wisely to just adapt the first game and the first game
02:00is interesting because it established very well and very simply the world of
02:04Silent Hill the world of this ghost town changing of of shape you know sometimes it's in the fog
02:12the fog sometimes it's a rusty inferno you know so you know it's it's why so bit but I kept in my
02:18mind the the you know the the the the will of of of adapt silent you're not from here are you I'm
02:30looking for someone everyone got sick in Silent Hill you really never heard about any of this
02:35this one returns Silent Hill is is based on the second game which is widely known in the the gaming
02:58community is something of a masterpiece I mean you know it's really highly put up there as one of
03:04the the best of the best did that in any way put any pressure on you as well because you know you
03:10you have you have to to think about the fans of the game you have to think about audiences and it is a
03:17standalone story the second one but you have to think about audiences who are entering this world
03:21potentially for the first time as well so what what kind of state of mind did you go into this film
03:27with was it nervousness with excitement great responsibility you know I was I was helped by the
03:36fact that the first film was pretty well received by the fan you know and and during 20 years the
03:43reputation of the first film has grown very well you know so I decided to go back to Silent Hill 2
03:51knowing that in in in in 20 years the community of gamer has grown you know very powerful very very
04:01powerful and so very very aware of its power power so I knew that it would be a big risk to adapt
04:11Silent Hill 2 knowing that the film was considered for good reason as a masterpiece so you know I I I I went
04:21you know very boldly but at the same time with yeah a sense of responsibility and you know it's it's
04:28important to be confident with yourself you know when you're doing a movie like that simply because I'm a
04:33fan and so I'm very aware of what a fan can expect from a movie like that one thing that is a major
04:43talking point at the moment in in the whole artistic community but also with cinema is the rise of
04:49artificial intelligence and whether in music it's coming into the charts and more and more people are
04:55trying to inject it into cinema where do you where do you stand on this is this something that fascinates you
05:02worries you interest you it fascinates me it worries me at the same time you know for me artificial
05:10intelligence could be very dangerous if it's it's a proposition of the producer to cut the price yeah
05:20you know to make the thing more easy more standardized you know and and that's my my big fear about
05:29uh artificial intelligence you know I think that an artist will know how to use into artificial intelligence
05:37in an interesting way you know but for the moment all the people I I saw talking about artificial intelligence
05:46intelligence are the producer yeah because they think that they can cut the price very well with that
05:51tool Christophe Gantz thank you very much thank you thank you
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