00:00I saw this very awesome movie this morning, all alone, in a theater, but I laughed out loud.
00:05It was so much fun.
00:07What made the two of you sign on to the project?
00:11What interested you?
00:12Exactly that, that we want, you know, horror movies to make people smile and leave the theater with a joy.
00:20At least some of them.
00:21You know, we go to the theater to have a great time.
00:26And the fact that you get, you know, splashed with blood, but at the same time, you know, you can
00:36go home feeling invigorated.
00:39It's, you know, it's a great thing.
00:41Yeah, we read the script, you know, a while ago, and we loved it.
00:45And, of course, Kirill was part of the writing.
00:49Kirill and Alex wrote it together.
00:52And then we met Kirill.
00:54Of course, we saw his movies, and especially Why Don't You Just Die?
00:58His first movie was very, very exciting for us and very informative of what they could be.
01:06And it was very easy to us to, you know, to basically commit and try to make this movie happen.
01:14And Kirill is the embodiment of this movie.
01:18I don't know if you've interviewed him, but he's, like, a bomb of energy.
01:25And, you know, it was irresistible.
01:28We had to make this movie.
01:30Yeah, a bomb of cinephile energy.
01:32That's how he comes across.
01:34It was, he's so much fun.
01:35I can imagine him being amazing on a set.
01:38And I'm quite curious, because I asked him, how much, how hands-on were you on set as producers?
01:46Not at all.
01:47We were, we try not to interfere creatively at all.
01:51It was more like, you know, when we logged into this project and believed in Kirill,
01:58it was all about supporting his instincts and creating the pathway for him to do what he wanted,
02:05because we believed in him.
02:07And so, you know, we were in the set, but we were mostly enjoying what he was doing more than
02:13trying to interfere.
02:14You know, you get involved when something is not working, and this was working all the time.
02:22Kirill is incredible.
02:24We had an incredible crew, and we have an incredible cast.
02:27And everything was flowing, so it was, it was truly a dream project.
02:34We could not have been luckier.
02:36So we basically ate a lot on set.
02:39That's what we did, and laughed.
02:42My most, my biggest creative input was, or my only one, was Les Eyeball.
02:47Shh.
02:48I'm supposed to talk about this.
02:50And he ignored me, luckily.
02:53I was going to say, was that Andy's idea, the eyeball?
02:56I love eyeball.
02:58I thought it was a little excessive, but I was wrong.
03:02People love it.
03:03I know.
03:04It's so much fun.
03:05It's so funny.
03:06It's so, when you're watching it, you're like, is this happening?
03:10And then you're like, oh, let's just go, let's just roll with the eyeball.
03:15No pun intended.
03:17That's wrong.
03:18No pun intended.
03:19Yeah, yeah, exactly.
03:20So, and he also said that sometimes he would call you, though, for some advice, for instance,
03:26for, well, as a horror director yourself.
03:31Did you enjoy that?
03:32Or were you like...
03:32Oh, very much, very much.
03:34You know, it's like one of the, you know, like, pleasures of, you know, of helping new filmmakers
03:46is that you get to share, you know, whatever you, you know, your humble learnings with other directors.
03:53And, you know, conversations between filmmakers, they're always, for me, they are very stimulating.
04:00And it's very humbling, also, when someone asks you for advice.
04:04And it's one of those, you know, like, very few opportunities where you get to talk about
04:10what you have learned in your career.
04:12So, for me, it's always exciting and fun.
04:16And we got, you know, we, our first movie, Mama, we got to have those conversations with Guillermo del Toro.
04:23Right?
04:24And that was such a blessing, all the lessons.
04:27And, you know, it's never really about, it's hardly ever about what you're shooting.
04:34It's more of a, you know, philosophical way of tackling a film.
04:40And, you know, concentrate on specific things.
04:45Don't try to make everything perfect because you'll lose your mind.
04:48You can't.
04:48So, just make sure that, you know, there's points in the movie that are, you know, the hills you would
04:59die on for,
05:01that you concentrate.
05:02And the rest, let it flow because otherwise you will go crazy.
05:07Yeah, don't micromanage.
05:09No.
05:09That's basically it.
05:10No.
05:10No, and trust your crew, you know.
05:14Yeah.
05:14Yeah.
05:15And, you know, we see a trend in social commentary on rich people.
05:20I mean, we actually have the rich people, huh, quote near the end.
05:27I mean, like triangle, sadness, the hunt, you know, all of those.
05:33Was that also interesting for you in this one?
05:35Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's, you know, there's an element in this movie which is, like, a satirical element about, you
05:46know, class warfare and disparity that was, you know, very interesting for us.
05:53Because it's also very relevant and, you know, basically talk about these themes in the frame of something that is
06:03entertaining and, you know, it's a horror comedy full of action.
06:08I think it's a great vessel to communicate with people through.
06:13Yeah, and how, do you think that comedy in horror is easier or is it easier to do, like, isn't
06:22comedy one of the most difficult things to do?
06:24It's, well, it's easy if you're good at it.
06:26And there's some filmmakers that can do it and other filmmakers that should not do it.
06:31And when I say this, I'm talking about Kirill being one of the good ones, I think.
06:37And because he's built in with that, you know.
06:40He, in his imprint and his influences, it's very deep, like, you know, his management of comedy, he's not forcing
06:57it into.
06:58It's part of his sensibilities as a storyteller and director.
07:01We grew up in the 80s with, you know, surrounded by, probably in the era where comedy and horror were
07:09more hand-in-hand, you know, like movies like Fright Night and Evil Dead, all of them.
07:18Vamp, I don't know, there was horror and comedy, you know, some are better than others.
07:22But for us, it's very exciting to tackle those, that genre and bring it back.
07:29I mean, it never left, really, but there was an exuberance back in the 80s that we really are partial
07:36to.
07:39And tonight you get to see it at South by Southwest, together with an audience.
07:44What is it about watching a horror movie with an audience?
07:47Why do we enjoy it so much?
07:48I mean, talking for me, I saw it by myself.
07:51But, I mean, you get to see it with an audience.
07:53Well, you have to go back to the cinema and see it with an audience because horror movies, any movie
08:01is made to watch with an audience, I have to say.
08:05But horror movies specifically, and, you know, comedic horror movies are at the true top of the list of movies
08:15that should be seen in a communal space.
08:19Because it's energy being released from people, and you're feeding off that energy, and you're sharing those incredible moments of,
08:28you know, of terror and relief and laughter.
08:33It's the ultimate human experience.
08:37That's the way movies should be.
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