We spoke to the filmmakers. Max and Sam Eggers About their new movie Front rooman intense thriller from A24 that explores themes of religion, race, family dynamics, and more. If the name “Eggers” sounds familiar, it’s true: Max and Sam are brothers to groundbreaking director Robert Eggers, who they say inspired their vision for their film. Front room“His attention to detail, and I think the amount of research he does for individual shots, I think by learning from him and seeing that, and working on those things, I think we tried to honor that way but also do our own thing that way.“Sam Eggers, who also worked at the The Witch (2015).
Speaking of Robert Eggers, his 2019 masterpiece The Lighthouse This film was co-written by Max Eggers. Front room “It's the intention,” Max Eggers told MovieWeb. “I will never forget the first show. And you know, I had no idea what people were going to say about it. The Lighthouse“The fact that there was any response at all is amazing,” he continued.
“There were people involved in it — and in this show,
I remember the press talking to the screen with
The Lighthouse
And I've never seen that before. But yeah, I mean we meant this to do something like
The Lighthouse
I think
We want there to be fun in misery.
“I think the beauty of horror is that you can talk about so many things and touch on so many difficult subjects that you can't touch on in any other genre.”
Sam Eggers added that Front room “It's a kind of evolution.” The Lighthouse“And I noticed how What happened to Jane's baby? (1962) was another major influence behind their new film. “You watch this movie and you go, ‘I don’t want that to happen.’ It’s funny. It’s really scary, in the sense of real things happening, and these two women competing, and I think we kind of wanted to bring that kind of stuff back to the stage, along with that similar thing with The Lighthouse This is it Just in your face but funny, like, weird stuff.“.”
We're weird too, aren't we? I like weird things.
Being responsible for the care of their grandfather, they informed the reception room.
For those who have not read the works of author Susan Hill, Front room Inspired by her terrifying short story of the same name. Renowned actress Katherine Hunter plays the story's evil mother-in-law, who also has shades of the Eggers' real-life grandfather.As they told MovieWeb. “Catherine is amazing, and this movie wouldn’t have happened without her. And this character is who she is because she’s so amazing. But I would say that the beginning was, yeah, We took care of our grandfather when his health deteriorated.“Max Eggers said, adding:
“This was long before we read the short story, and it was a very surreal experience. Then when our producers brought us the story
Front room
which simply revolves around a family who takes care of a relative when his health deteriorates,
We knew exactly how to scale it up, how to make it personal.
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And that's exactly what they did. From A24, Front room It was released on September 6, 2024, and is currently showing in theaters.
