film does not sway blood, but provides a precise sense of time and space, and has details that are rarely seen in this type, coupled with the wonderful acting skills of the leading actors, so that the audience has to feel the same as the characters.
—The New York Times
A well-made work, and while Chastain is the best part of the film, it's not the only bright spot.
——San Francisco Chronicle
A film like this is always a rare experience, and we get to follow the film and laugh and be scared and surprised.
——The
behind-the-scenes production of the "Chicago Sun", with a
big director serving as the executive producer
This feature film called "Mom" is a work that evolved from a short film. Born in 2008, the short film also called "Mom" is an ingenious film with a length of less than 3 minutes, shot by one shot. The director, like the director of this film, is Anders from Spain. Muschietti. In the short film "Mother", there are only three characters in total, namely daughters Lily and Victoria, and their mother who has become a zombie. Their mother stumbles upon the house where their two daughters live, and a terrifying hunt begins. The feature-length version of "Mom" continued the story of "mothers chase children", but moved the theme of the story to another family, and it was not only the two children who were frightened, but also the adoption their relatives. As for making a feature film, Muschietti said: "It's a great experience to have the opportunity to make a feature film of your own, because you can express emotions that are not expressed in the short film to the fullest in the feature film. The space and capacity of the feature film give me a lot of creative freedom. In my short film, I only use one scene, but in the feature film, this kind of scene transformation, The arrangement of the story and the setting of the horror plot have made a qualitative leap."
The fledgling Muschietti was able to turn his own short into a feature-length film because there was actually a behind-the-scenes man behind him. The man who helped him was Guillermo del Toro - a director who also likes to shoot supernatural elements. Del Toro said: "I watch hundreds of shorts a year, but this one caught my eye. It's the scariest short I've ever seen. It's got everything in it. Elements needed to have: Chamber of Secrets, ghosts, supernatural powers, innocent people, and most importantly, children. And Muschietti is a rookie director who hasn't made a feature yet. I like to have a rookie like that Come and shoot your debut film, because then you can bring another voice into this generation of directors and give this generation of directors more power and energy. Since this short film can scare me , then it must be able to scare others. Then in this way, you can make a movie. After all, a horror movie must be scary. From the story, the movie still takes the traditional "Don't be afraid of the dark" old way. But in After I came to the crew, the story of the film was rewritten to a certain extent. We shifted the story from the traditional haunted house horror film of the original short film to a family horror film and a horror film with supernatural elements. I think this should be more It is suitable for this theme. "
The heroine of horror "
For the audience, the "mother" in this film is a monster, the source of horror for the whole film. In fact, in Anders Muschietti's eyes, that's not the case. This can be seen in his short film. In the short version of "Mom", the two children don't seem to be at all afraid of the "mother" who came to kill, but they just don't want to be taken away by her. In the feature film, director Anders Muschietti re-runs this concept. Through his arrangement and narration, the role of mother has become a character that people can't identify with, but there is no way to despise or slander it. Anders Muschietti said: "The character itself is a very complex and difficult character to describe. The reason why we find her scary is actually because of our concept. We have nothing to do with this character in the play. The same thing. But if you really want to understand this character, she is definitely different. Because from the mother's point of view, this story is a story of a mother trying to find her child, and she is a terrifying woman hero."
Of the story and the character, Guillermo del Toro said: "That's the most exciting part of the film because it's both a horror movie and an emotional projection. It's hard to get a character like that. It is classified as a traditional horror film, but it can generate other associations and discussions about human nature and emotion. I think this is the best setting in this story." Chastain, she said: "I like the setting of this story very much, and I also like the setting of a real guardian and a dead soul, because this contradiction, this conflict, is the most violent and the most violent. thought-provoking. Moreover, there is the most important point in the identity, these two roles are in a sense the mother, they need and want, just to be safe just kids. "
this Humanized expression and interpretation have brought director Muschietti a lot of creative space. He said: "With this kind of emotional substance, we can put a lot of emotional scenes with children and adoptive families in the film. After all, in a film, the emotion is still the most important part. I think , With this emotional drama, this horror film also has humanities and human nature. In my eyes, this is the most important soul of a movie. "
Tidbits
· This movie is a Spanish director Ann Des Muschietti's feature film debut, a remake of his 2008 short film of the same name.
·The film is produced by the famous Mexican director Guillermo del Toro.
·Because the original short film was shot with one shot, in the preparatory stage of the feature film, the producer once thought about shooting the feature film with one shot.
The film was originally planned to be released in October 2012, but due to Universal's distribution plan, the film was moved to January 2013.
·The film started shooting at Pinewood Studios in Toronto on October 3, 2011, and was completed on December of the same year. Some footage was shot in Hamilton, Ontario.
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