2023-10-23 08:24:01
Documentary cinema finds an important vein in the reflection on the fantasy genre throughout its history, its keys, creators and protagonists and, in this line, specialized festivals are committed to non-fiction in the design of their programs.
Within the framework of the recent Sitges Festivalthe title stood out Kim’s Videoof David Redmon y Ashley Sabin, which offers the viewer an endearing and fun adventure with the aim of recovering a legendary collection of films from a New York video store that ends up in Sicily. The film had celebrated its world premiere at Sundance and won the Carnet Jove Jury Award for best film in the Sitges Documenta section.
On the other hand, two other proposals that could be seen in the Catalan contest will be part of the documentary section of the Canary Islands Fantastic Film Festival City of La Laguna Calavera Islandwhich will be held from November 10 to 19 at Multicines Tenerife, screening venue: Living with Chucky y King on Screen.
On the one hand, it comes Living with Chuckydocumentary piece about the saga of the “Diabolic Doll” directed by the American filmmaker Kyra Elise Gardnerknown for her short films The Dollhouse (2017) y Phoebe (2019). It focuses on the most famous killer toy of all time, which was released 35 years ago in the movie Tom Hollandproduced by David Kirschner from a story of Don Mancini.
In the film, a film producer obsessed with Chucky decides to interview the team involved in the creation of the franchise, which has eight films and a television series, to try to discern how a doll can become such a terrifying and terrifying villain. attractive. It thus has testimonies from figures such as the actor Brad Dourifwho played the Charles Lee Ray character who originated it all, and gave voice to the doll, noting: ““It’s curious to have dubbed a character who is actually more famous than you.”. To which her daughter adds Fiona DourifNica Pierce in the television series Chucky (2021-2023): “Being a part of something that so many people love is truly surreal.”, while actor Alex Vincent (little Andy) insists that “being involved in a story that has been told for over three decades is truly special”.
For its part, Tony Timponeeditor of Fangoria Magazineconsider that “The slasher genre was ready for an explosion of new blood and Chucky more than provided it.”.
The documentary is completed with interventions by Jennifer Tilly (Tiffany, Chucky’s girlfriend, in the franchise), Don Mancinithe actress Lin Shaye (Nightmare in Elm street, Insidious), Marlon Wayans (Scary Movie, Enchanted Mansion), the iconic filmmaker John Waters (Chucky’s seed) or the makeup special effects expert and puppeteer Tony Gardner.
King on screen
King on Screen
From elsewhere, Daphne Baiwir has set his sights on Stephen King and the countless adaptations of his stories to audiovisual language in King on Screen. In 1976, Brian DePalma He directed Carrie, the best-selling writer’s first novel, and the film became the first film version of his work. Since then, more than fifty directors have turned the horror master’s books into some eighty films and series, making him the most adapted living author in the world.
This interesting documentary analyzes the work of the filmmakers who have reimagined King’s novels in images.
Baiwir She began her career in audiovisuals as a child actress in the series Victory, or the pain of women (2000) and starting in 2013 he made his directorial debut making various shorts and documentaries. In King on Screen brings together firms such as Mick Garris (Honor Skull Island Award 2018), author of the adaptations of sleepwalkers, Apocalypse, The glow, Despair, Bag of Bones, Riding the bullet y Quicksilver Highway; Frank Darabont (The green Mile, Life imprisonment, The fog); Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s game, Doctor Sleep) o Craig R. Baxley (Rose Red, The storm of the century, Kingdom Hospital), among others, talking about their favorite versions of King’s stories brought to the screen and delving into their stories. “Stephen King writes about human beings, but he puts them in fantastic situations”, resume Taylor Hackfordresponsible of Eclipse total (Dolores Claiborne).
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