The knack Robert Eggers has for exploring how our past has inform our present tense through his richly dense horror films is going to be study for genesis to come . The filmmaker goes through fastidiously detailed inquiry from language to lore and period - specific costuming in decree to bring his films such asThe Lighthouse , The Witch , The Northman , and most recentlyNosferatuto life . For one matter , we concord with egger that an immortal Transylvanian Lord would have such an heroic ‘ stache .
fan of the film maker may be fretting that by sign on toThe Labyrinthsequel , he ’ll be jumping forward in time with the advanced day wrap bookend from the original Jim Henson film , but that seems unlikely free-base on what egger recently toldRotten Tomatoes . The truth is , he ’s very beaming to tell stories set in the past .
“ The idea of having to photograph a car makes me sick . And the thought of snap a cell telephone is just end , ” he said in wish to his next project , which admit awerewolf filmthat wo n’t take billet in the modern daylight like the just - releasedWolf Man .
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He continued . “ To make a modern-day taradiddle , you have to snap a mobile phone phone . Its just how life is . So , no , [ I wo n’t be making any modern - stage set films ] . ”
However , he added that he ’s willing to go slimly more contemporary than he has before ( his latest - set film to day of the month isThe Lighthouse , which take place in the 1890s ) . “ I might go potentially to 1950 , but before World War Il is more ask over for my imagination , ” he said . And to be honest , that ’s a relief cause there ’s no one doing it like he is . But if cell phones are the business deal circuit breaker , does that stand for venturing far into an revelatory future with a scourge civilization might not be out of the question ?
Nosferatuis in theaters now and available to watch ondigitalwith a home release slate for February 18 .
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