Azrael Star Samara Weaving & Creators On Creating A Silent Horror Movie [SXSW]

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Summary The new horror movie Azrael made its debut this week at the 2024 South by Southwest Festival, generating plenty of conversation despite its own sparse use of language. The tale springs from writer Simon Barrett recurring nightmare, accentuated by the time director E.L. Katz spent mid-pandemic watching Eastern European and Soviet film classics.

Simon Barrett: In the creative sense I felt like, with films like You're Next and The Guest, that I had started to rely a lot on what optimistically could be described as clever or sarcastic dialogue. I was leaning a lot on my dialogue, and I thought I was very good at writing a certain style of dialogue. But I also didn't want to go too far down that road because, ultimately, I think cinema isn't just about that.

Samara Weaving: I was really afraid, which is a good sign for me to do something. Usually if I'm like, "Oh, yeah, I can do this," I shouldn't do it. And if it's terrifying, I usually have to do it to see if I can. If it makes me nervous, I'm like, "Okay! Let's do it, dammit." E.L. Katz: Oh, big time. It still does. It was a crazy thing to conceive, it was a crazy thing to try to make, and it was a crazy thing to try to finish in post.

E.L. Katz: I kind of feel like the second we fumble through some explanation of the mythology, it becomes an inert thing. I want people to just come up with their own crazy sh-t.Simon Barrett: To me, it's obvious. The film speaks for itself. It's like, what questions could you possible have after you see Azrael? The only question you should have is, "How do I get another ticket?"

Samara Weaving: Shout out to and the stunt team. They were beautiful to work with and always made it feel safe, and they were really collaborative. If something wasn't working, they would just change it on the day, and they were incredible. A huge part of this movie. It was weird how everything came together you know, even Samara being cast. I'm friends with Radio Silence, so I was able to reach out and be like, "Is she cool?" And they're like, "Oh, she's so cool." It was this challenge from the start of like, "Here's a script that when people look at it, they say they say basically that this is unmistakable." But we are going to make it, and now that we have Samara Weaving attached, they can't stop us.

Because you can't have the score do everything too much, or else it's gonna numb people if the score is hitting all these on the nose that maybe people might not even understand from the footage. It's more about an immersive experience that's kind of curious. You're like, "Well, what does that mean?" But it was really important.

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